WM. MARPLES NEAR-MINT, VERY RARE TYPE FILLESTER PLANE.

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WILLIAM MARPLES NEAR-MINT, VERY RARE TYPE FILLESTER PLANE. ( Fillester is the English spelling. Filletster is the American spelling.) Shipping cost includes insurance. It is very unusual that you will ever find a wooden plane, particularly a plow or fillester, that looks like it just left the factory. Yes, this one has a few tiny blemishes and that's why I call it NEAR-mint. The second very rare thing about this plane is the fact that it has the "eye-opening" escapement of an armed moving fillester, but has the depth stop on the left side similar to a sash fillester. It can work perfectly as a sash fillester , and even as a moving fillester without a depth stop (as the fence rides under the body). As such, it is near equivalent to the very rare Combination Sash and Moving fillester, but maybe even rarer! The stamping on the nose didn't come out well in the photo. It has the 3-leaf clover logo on top, then HIBERNIA, then Wm. MARPLES & SONS, and then SHEFFIELD. However, it can all be seen clearly on the plane itself. The body is 8 1/2". The fence is 9 3/16". The arms are 9". The blade is slanted completely across a 1" sole, with the right edge leading. All four ferrules are tight and cross-wedged. Both arms are riveted tightly to the fence. The depth stop is snug, and turns smoothly. There is no abuse to either the main wedge or read more

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