Plane iron?

[PostalTom]

While rearranging one of my work bench drawers, I came across what is obviously a plane iron, but it doesn't fit any of my planes.  Does anybody recognize this iron, or have any idea of what brand, make, model, etc of plane it might belong to?  The blade is 3 5/8" long by 2" wide by 1/8" thick.  The only plane I have that uses an iron even close to that short is a cheap Harbour Freight plane I purchased to make into a scrub plane, and this iron is just a hair too wide to fit that body, and nothing in that blade matches up to the adjustment mechanism for that plane.  Any ideas?

 

[Gunny]

I will summon the Wizard of Handplanes, he can guide us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@steven newman

[PostalTom]

OK, but don't expect me to swing a cat by the tail during the light of a full moon to get him here.

[Gerald]

Looks like a scraping plane blade.

Look at the bottom on this page. https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-and-supplies/types-of-tools/planes/benedetto-palm-plane.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=2020-06-gp&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIq7PI2ueW6gIVgZ6zCh3jeggNEAQYAiABEgKWlPD_BwE

 

Just found this YouTube on the LV plane I have.

 

Edited June 23, 2020 by Gerald

[Gunny]

12 minutes ago, PostalTom said:

OK, but don't expect me to swing a cat by the tail during the light of a full moon to get him here.

I forgot the sacrifice needed.  But one of the other wizards showed up, it is NOT an exact science.  

 

summing @steven newman

 

 

Edited June 23, 2020 by Gunny

[PostalTom]

24 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Looks like a scraping plane blade.

I considered that, but I do not have a scraping plane, and I have never had one, so I don't know how I would have wound up with that blade.  I googled "types of plane irons", and looked at all the images that came up, of course only about half actually pertained to my query, and none of those matched my blade.  One came close and was identified as a chip breaker for a #4 bench plane, but the hole pattern was wrong.  That's another thing, the holes were not centered, so maybe it's not a plane iron at all.  

[Gerald]

Cannot be a chip breaker with a bevel. I do not know what brand plane it fits but it is some type.

[John Morris]

39 minutes ago, PostalTom said:

That's another thing, the holes were not centered, so maybe it's not a plane iron at all.  

Tom, think garden tool? Perhaps a knife that bolted on to the end of something, some late night QVC watching that landed you the latest garden tool fad years ago? And this is a replacement blade?

[steven newman]

NOT a plane iron....

 

Might be for some sort of clippers....

[PostalTom]

I have no idea.  I'll let my brain percolate on it tonight while I sleep, and maybe I'll have the answer in the morning.  That actually happens sometimes.

[Ron Dudelston]

The boss may be on to something.  Years ago, I bought a floor scraper to rip up floor tiles.  The blade had a resemblance to this one.

[PostalTom]

Got it!! It's the cap iron for the custom #5 bench plane I ordered from Lee Valley a couple of years ago.  I wasn't using it because it is to be used only when planing tough grain.  What shows in the picture below where the arrow points to the item saying "Hole in cap iron" is exactly what I have.  Thanks everyone for all the effort to help me solve my mystery.

 

 

[Gene Howe]

Yipee!!! Glad you got it nailed, Tom.

[Ron Dudelston]

Woohoo!  Now you can sleep well tonight.

[PostalTom]

2 hours ago, Ron Dudelston said:

Woohoo!  Now you can sleep well tonight.

Well like I said sometimes my brain works on things while I'm asleep.  I didn't consciously wake up with the answer, but I was able to follow the right path to get to the answer.  Yes, I feel better.  Think I'll take a felt tip marker and label it this this time.