HALF-SIZE Fancy KNOWLES Type Smooth Plane – EXCELSIOR 112959 – AS OF AUG 27

6 3/8 inches long. 1 1/2 inch Ibbotson iron. The bridge is dovetailed into the sides and the sides are brazed to the sole. Probably not too old.  These were formerly known as Tubman planes after the first collector to document one. now: Attributed to Jes Christiansen of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He had an 1863 patent for a bung cutter.