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3 Signed Violinmaker’s Planes With Ivory Wedges

With ivory wedges held in place by steel pins, these nicely proportioned violin “finger” planes have been cast from bronze. Similar in design to the violin planes made by Herdim, these planes have all been marked with “TH” inside a diamond shaped border. The ivory wedges are simple affairs. Not as refined as some wedges [...]

Hammacher Schlemmer & Co. – No. 1 Violin Plane

Here are a pair of violin making planes signed “HS & Co.” which were marketed by Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co. at the turn of the 20th Century. Both of these tiny little planes have a body only 1″ long and an iron measuring 3/8″ wide. Although they’re the same model number (a No. 1 can [...]

Beech Violin Maker’s Plane By H. R. West

Here we have an American user-made violinmaker’s plane by H.R. West. Made from beech wood and measuring only about 1 3/4″ long, it has been constructed in two halves and “pinned” together with wooden dowels (possibly walnut). Though not the “traditional” method of hand plane construction, it is, nonetheless, a very valid one — especially [...]