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E. W. Carpenter Patent Block Plane
Marked E. W. Carpenter, Lancaster, Patented March 27, 1849 on the toe. This is one of the early plane patents. The plane has two wedges. The one behind the blade slides up and down allowing the width of the throat to be adjusted to suit the wood being worked.
A nice example of an early patent, G+ .......... Sold $195.00