On 2018-04-26 1:23 PM, John Ruth wrote:
> Gentle Galoots,
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> Can anyone enlighten me on the origin of Schupo wooden planes?
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> I just bought a wooden European-styled dovetail plane stamped "79 / 20 m/m /
Schupo on the heel.  There's a round trademark on the top surface which is a
circle with the letters "L. W." with a " + " and four diverging rays.
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> The slightly-tapered iron is stamped "ACIER FONDU" in sans-serif letters. No
other marks on the iron.  (I take this to mean the iron is cast steel.)
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> The body is a light blonde wood. It's beaded with a dark wood which doesn't
look like the boxwood beading on old American planes.
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> The moving fence at on the bottom is solid brass. The cross-grain nicking iron
is missing, but the brass thumbnut on its retainer is still present.
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> So, my questions to the Porch are: Where was Schupo located and in which years
were they making
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> planes?  (My SWAG is that its Swiss in origin, which would explain the French
stamping and the Germanic appearance.)   What do the initials L.W. stand for?
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So from what Kirk & Wolfgang have said, the plane is apparently German. 
But with a French iron. Can you see any reason to think it may not be 
original?

Don

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