Galooterati,

Today’s Flea Market find is an unmarked modern-looking, vaguely European wooden
plane with a heavy double iron marked “CIAIO WOLFRAMIO”

I’m familiar with Wolfram being used in Swedish carbide tools, but this plane
iron is clearly steel, not carbide.

Photos will have to wait, but the plane looks like it might be made of Olive
wood.  It does seem to be Beech or European Elm. In profile, it kind of looks
like a “Horn Plane,” but there’s no sign of there ever having been a horn knob
on the front.

The sole has a Formica surface. This looks “factory;” the fit is perfect.

It has a wedge and also a threaded depth adjuster that requires the use of a
tommy bar in the holes in the head of the adjuster.

I must have seen a thousand wooden planes in my life, but never have I seen this
type of adjuster.

It does not adjust laterally except by hammering.

Can anyone shed any light on the meaning of “CIAIO WOLFRAMIO?”  ( A bit faint.
It might be “WOLFRAMO” )

I gave $5, missing the wooden wedge.

John Ruth
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