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Great success!
Spent twenty quid and got:
Wooden die with “ROBT SORBY 1” engraved on it… No idea of the intricacies of this thing. Need to get the rusted screws undone to look inside. The iron seems to be intact and there is a steel bolt with square brass nut on one side which unscrews but seems to do nothing! Any tips on how to back out these screws? Owners stamp of J.Tully.
A Holbrook round/molding plane – may have been adapted from a rebate plane as the sole is ‘cleaner’ and the iron shows a fairly clean edge. Iron is around 23mm. Owners stamp of P.Butterfield.
A rebate plane, possibly user made, has a 20mm slightly skewed iron.
Three smoothing planes. The first has a 54mm iron and appears to lack a maker’s mark. Owner’s stamps for T.Kerr and C.Tully. the iron appears to be Alex Mathieson; The second has a 50mm iron, also appears to lack a maker’s mark and has an owner’s stamp for D.Dunbar. The iron is a Robert Sorby ‘Kangaroo’ and it is missing its wedge; The third is an A.Mathieson & Sons plane with 56mm iron, all present and correct!
Also found a J.Dixon (Joseph?) Round knife for my leather working.
And the best bit? Twenty quid for the lot!