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You are offerding on one lot of three Sargent Number 407 wood planes as pictured. There are some condition issues, so please keep reading down to the discussion about condition.
To be clear, none of the planes are Number 7 Shaw's Patent planes, but 2 of the lever caps are marked "7" and are the style used on Shaw's Patent planes. Those two lever caps have springs that are rounded on the upper ends.
Included are, from left to right in the first picture, and they stay in the same order:
--- a Number 407 plane that is not marked anywhere on the body, but is marked "407" on the underside of the frog, "SARGENT VBM No 407 NEW HAVEN CT USA" on the iron, "SARGENT VBM" on the front side of the lever cap, and "7" on the back side of the lever cap. The iron is about 1-5/8" in width, and is about 6-11/16" in overall length. The front knob is the short style and is beaded.
--- a Number 407 plane that is marked "407" on the body behind the frog, "407" on the underside of the frog, "SARGENT VBM No 407 NEW HAVEN CT USA" on the iron, "SARGENT VBM" on the front side of the lever cap, and "7" on the back side of the lever cap. The iron is a hair under 1-5/8" in width, and is about 6-11/16" in overall length. The front knob is the taller style.
--- and a Number 407 plane that is marked "407" on the body behind the frog, "407" on the underside of the frog, "SARGENT No 407 NEW HAVEN CT USA" on the iron, "SARGENT" on the front side of the lever cap, and "407" on the back side of the lever cap. The iron is a hair under 1-5/8" in width, and about 6-3/4" in overall length. The front knob is the taller stye but rather narrow. There are three dots center punched on the back side of the iron near the upper edge.
The irons on the two VBM planes are between .105" and .110" in thickness.
The throat might have been opened up on the plane on the right, as the front and read edges of the opening are not quite parallel to each other. The lever cap on the plane on the left is chipped on the lower edge.
Condition of all three is otherwise mostly good but wanting lots of cleaning, with lots of patina and light rust, with the light rust most obvious on the hardware such as the frog screws and lateral levers.
Plane on the left -- The front knob has one check at the base, and a variety of scratches and dings in the wood. The rear handle is unbroken, but shows wear to the finish, has some tiny chips at the top, and a variety of scratches and dings in the wood. The sole has some areas of light pitting. The iron and chip breaker have areas of patina and light rust, and the lower edge of the chip breaker has been ground down on the lower edge and is discolored along part of that lower edge. The iron is bowed slightly. The lever cap is chipped along the lower edge as noted, and the lower edge may have been ground down.
Plane in the middle --The front knob has several small checks at the base, and lots of scratches and dings in the wood. The rear handle is unbroken, but shows wear to the finish, has some chips at the top, and a variety of scratches and dings in the wood. The rear handle is thinner than most, and both pieces of wood have spots of paint to clean off. The sole has quite a bit of modest pitting. The iron and chip breaker have areas of patina and light rust, and the lower edge of the chip breaker has been bent slightly to increase the pressure on the iron as is often done.The lever cap has been ground down on the lower edge.
Plane on the right --The front knob has split and been reglued in several places near the base, and it has a variety of scratches and dings in the wood, and some paint spots to clean off. The rear handle is unbroken, with some chips in the finish coating, some chips at the top, some more paint to clean off, but fewer scratches and dings in the wood compared to the other two. The sole has some areas of light pitting, and the throat has been opened up as noted. The iron and chip breaker have some areas of patina and light rust, but are cleaner than the other two. The lower edge of the chip breaker has been ground down on the lower edge and is discolored along the full width of that lower edge. The lever cap has lost some of its nickeling, but appears to be intact along the lower edge.
Except as noted, there are no cracks or chips or chunks missing from any of the castings, and everything turns or operates properly.
The winner gets all three planes!
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