The only mark I have found is M.S. Ward, stamped on both ends, so assuming
he was the owner.

No blade to check.



On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 10:35 AM Claudio DeLorenzi 
wrote:

> With these finds, is it possible that the manufacturer had 'factory
> seconds' ?  Usually the trademark is removed from any second quality
> products though.
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 4:06 PM Kirk Eppler  wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 9:52 PM Adam R. Maxwell  wrote:
>>
>> Could the maker have miscalculated when boring a hole for the bed? That's
>> my first thought. I guess you could hold another tool in there, but that
>> seems odd.
>>
>>
>> The "slot" tapers over its length, getting shallower near the top of the
>> plane. It is very straight, as seen in this picture, and I don't thing a
>> bug would have been eating that straight.  You can barely see a bit of a
>> line on the left cheek where the mouth was cut deeper (forgot to measure
>> this removal).  This implies that maybe the original creator misdrilled
>> the
>> hole, both in location and in angle.  Or someone thought about changing it
>> from miter pitch to  closer to regular pitch, and then changed their mind
>> and stopped.
>>
>> https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Woodworking-Tools/i-4gDh6WM
>>
>
-- 
Kirk Eppler in HMB, CA who found a stash of interesting irons online
yesterday, adding to my stash of options (tm CD?)