CONDITION: Fair/Good, not collectible; Body has no makers marks. Restoration included carving s new tote and carving a new wedge.

DIM; 15in x2-1/2 by 6-1/2 in High; a 1in razie drop at half way point from toe.

Estimated age 180yrs; based on history of being made by prison labor between 1841-1880

REPAIRS & RESTORATION:

UPPER IRON AND CAP: Blade; cleaned, dressed, squared and sharpened to 30* bevel at 4000grit. Original blade by Ohio Tool Co. NOTE; the blade is laminated,tapered,and free of pitting. Ohio Tool Co Globe logo shows wear; but more than 50% legible.

Sole; fore end replaced to with red oak to close mouth

WEDGE; new wedge carved from native cherry and fitted.

TOTE; replaced with hand carved; ready for final shaping by new owner

History;

The Auburn Tool Company was a plane manufacturing company in the United States from 1864 to 1893: In 1864, George Casey reorganized Casey, Clark and Company into a joint-stock company called the Auburn Tool Company. The company made planes, plane irons, skates, rules, gauges, and hand screws. In 1865, the company produced 35,000 planes, 30,000 pairs of skates, and 25,000 dozen plane irons. Most of the company's tools were made by prisoner labor. In 1866, J M Easterly and Co. outbid the Auburn Tool Company for prison labor. The company then built a new building and continued to make planes with private labor.

In 1893, the Auburn Tool Company merged with the Ohio Tool Company. This company was formed in 1823 though the name was not concrete until incorporation in 1851. The Columbus branch used prison labor from the Ohio State Penitentiary from 1841 to 1880. In 1893, they merged with Auburn Tool Co. until all operations moved to Charleston, West Virginia in 1914