Small smoothing plane marked "Holtzapffel & Co London"

[Fred]

I have a very small (4-3/4" x 1-1/2") smoothing plane similar to that shown in fig. 538, item c (top right) on page 361 of Salaman's Dictionary of Tools, 1975.

Rear infill and wedge are rosewood, front infill looks mahogany. Bridge is brass or gunmetal and is stamped with the Holtzapffel mark. Body is steel, and the tapered iron is not marked and is not laminated.

What can you tell me about Holtzapffel & Co as a planemaker, and who might venture an opinion regarding a range of values in today's market?

[Andy Dingley]

Not a great deal - they're generally thought of as a maker of turning equipment for gentleman hobbyists (search for "ornamental turning" or "rose engine"), rather than a planemaker. But there's a good collector interest in anything with their name on it.

-- Klein bottle for rent. Apply within.

[charlie b]

Klein bottle - the mobius strip version of a vessel. Haven't thought of that one since my first calculas class.

charlie b

[nospam]

with no way in......

apply within. heh.

[Jim Wilson]

or out....

Jim

[Scott Cramer]

On 24 Dec 2003, Jim Wilson spake unto rec.woodworking:

Actually, in IS out, and vice versa. It's a one-sided surface, with zero volume.

Check this out - I particularly like the hats.

[Jim Wilson]

which means there's no way in or out.

Jim

[Alan McClure]

And you last read "The Number of the Beast" when?

ARM