Have old block plane. It is stamped "w.thackeray planemaker ", remainder of stamp cannot be read.
Mahogany body, brass cheeks with steel sole plate
Any ideas please
NormanE
old plane
May 29, 2006
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I have an idea.
Sharpen it, use it, love it, clean it.
That's four ideas. any one will do.
But what sort of idea were you after?
Tim W
googling reveals
W THACKERAY
"Ken Robert's in his English Woodworking Tools book has a single line indicating that this company got in the metal plane business after 1860.
Goodman (British Planemakers) has the following:
Thackeray, John William LEEDS Wesley Rd, Armley
67 Old Row Armley 1907 - 1912 Ivy Works, 51 Old Row, Armley
Norman,
like always, Google knows the answer:
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