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Title: Tiny thumb and finger plane
Post by: mrchuck on September 03, 2015, 03:48:51 PM

I'm calling it a "finger" plane.
Very, very small.
It adjusts and works. No name on it. What was this small plane used for?
And who do you think made it, and it's value?

Title: Re: Tiny thumb and finger plane
Post by: Northwoods on September 03, 2015, 04:13:35 PM

Luthier?

Title: Re: Tiny thumb and finger plane
Post by: Papaw on September 03, 2015, 05:20:57 PM

Is the blade a real iron or is it a double edge razor blade? Small ones like that came in some Exacto Kits.

Title: Re: Tiny thumb and finger plane
Post by: Chillylulu on September 03, 2015, 06:04:33 PM

I've seen small ones like that in model shops. But if it is very good quality I would 2nd the luthier's plane.

Chilly

Title: Re: Tiny thumb and finger plane
Post by: mikeswrenches on September 03, 2015, 06:36:24 PM

I think they were sold as model makers planes.  Stanley and Millers Falls had planes about that size.

Mike

Title: Re: Tiny thumb and finger plane
Post by: mrchuck on September 03, 2015, 06:58:58 PM

Not a razor blade. Looks just like the blades my larger planes have.
Cast Iron frame. Adjusts easily and holds firmly.
Has a "quality" feel to it.
Such quality and no name leads me to believe it is older than I think.

Title: Re: Tiny thumb and finger plane
Post by: Bill Houghton on September 03, 2015, 09:10:03 PM

I've got one of those too.  No idea of age or anything.  I think they're pretty common.  The finish on mine implies 1950s or newer.

Title: Re: Tiny thumb and finger plane
Post by: kxxr on September 04, 2015, 07:38:18 AM

Stewart Macdonald catalog has a lot of nice specialty tools for instrument building. Check 'em out if you have a spare minute.
http://www.stewmac.com/?gclid=CJ7-9M6y3ccCFchlfgodVD8JJg

Title: Re: Tiny thumb and finger plane
Post by: Branson on September 04, 2015, 08:44:51 AM

I think this is properly a "pocket plane."  I've got two or three.  More if you count the wooden Japanese planes I have, and the Stanley 101 1/2.  I suppose they all had model makers in mind, but they'll do a good job for touching up.

Title: Re: Tiny thumb and finger plane
Post by: oldgoaly on September 04, 2015, 10:32:26 AM

this is what I thought they called luthier's planes

Title: Re: Tiny thumb and finger plane
Post by: mrchuck on September 05, 2015, 04:17:51 PM

I found the exact one like mine being called a "guitar" plane. Also "luthier".
So, I am satisfied.
I don't plan on planeing any guitar parts, but I will keep it with the hand hand planes I already have and use now and then.
Thanks for the help.