Hi:

I've been sitting at the edge of the porch just listeninig for awhile
now.  I'm an accountant in Northern NY just a few minutes from the
Canadian border.

My Dad worked with wood when I was younger but I never really took to
it.  A few years ago I became interested in carving.  We then
became the proud owners of a Queen Anne money pit.  I saw that period
furniture would be the way to furnish it.  When I looked at my wallet
I realized that the only way my house was going to see period furniture
was if I learned to build or restore it.  After acquiring a table
saw I soon realized that boards needed to be flat and true.  My quest
was for a jointer and thickness planer.  About this time a box shows
up from Dad.  In it is a bailey #5 corrugated.  My only previous
experience with a plane was with a Great Neck (not good).  After a
little practice with the 5 I discover I can make boads flat and true. 
I then find a #6  and an 80 at the local junk store.  Now I'm
really cooking and stuck on hand tools.  I'm even starting to be able
to make things with them.  So far a small dovetail box and I'm working
on a sewing table.

Dad's shipments have been pretty good lately. About a month ago a #3
made an appearance and today there was a box with a #4, a #2 and a wood
plane (this is the question)

The plane is 9.5 in long, 1 in wide and 3.25 in high.  It looks
like a rabbet plane but the blade is skewed.  On the front is RW
Hendrickson   65 1/2 Bowery.  There is also stamped
another name E.N. Tynan which I suspect was a previous owners name. 
If anyone has any info about this plane and its proper use please let me
know.

Thanks alot.

Carl

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>The plane is 9.5 in long, 1 in wide and 3.25 in high.  It looks like a
>rabbet plane but the blade is skewed.  On the front is RW Hendrickson
>65 1/2 Bowery.  There is also stamped another name E.N. Tynan which I
>suspect was a previous owners name.  If anyone has any info about this
>plane and its proper use please let me know.
>

Rabbets came in both square and skewed versions.

According to Pollak 3rd edition:

RW Hendrickson made planes and ran a small tool shop in New York City
during 1859 - 1867. He made planes in Brooklyn in 1869 - 1870.

You have a sample of the "A" mark which has a 2 star rarity: (rare) between
100 and
250 examples known.

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The plane that started me as a collector was a 1 1/4" skewed rabbet - no
maker's mark
and it has an "english" look. (Just think of Jeff.)

It had belonged to my great-grandfather (1844-1927). The plane body had spit
- was now
held together by 4 countersunk screws - from the sole. The mouth is quite
open and the
wedge was pulverized but....

It just works much better than you would expect. The iron holds a great edge
which helps,
but it reminds me of what has been accomplished with tools that were far
less than perfect.

It probably has a value of $5 or less, but it is among the few tools I would
never
sell. It has served 4 generations already - and some time in the future it
will be 
passed on to my son - you can't ask more of a tool.

Todd