Dovetail steel construction with rosewood infill. Original 2 3/8 inch Ibbotson snecked iron. Neither plane nor iron are numbered. 11 inches long. No issues or repairs. The only skewed example we have ever seen.
Stewart Spiers born 1820, died 1899, made dovetailed infill planes in Ayr Scotland ca. 1840-1937. Probably the best of all time, his planes exhibit elegant flowing lines that to this day are unequaled. A cabinetmaker by trade his first planes were made from rough castings purchased in Edinburgh. By 1870 plane making was his sole occupation.
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Dovetail steel construction with rosewood infill. Original 2 3/8 inch Ibbotson snecked iron. Neither plane nor iron are numbered. 11 inches long. No issues or repairs. The only skewed example we have ever seen.
Stewart Spiers born 1820, died 1899, made dovetailed infill planes in Ayr Scotland ca. 1840-1937. Probably the best of all time, his planes exhibit elegant flowing lines that to this day are unequaled. A cabinetmaker by trade his first planes were made from rough castings purchased in Edinburgh. By 1870 plane making was his sole occupation.