With a slight typo on your part, I agree with your thoughts.  Weird bird.
Maybe designed for a specific purpose, but I don't know what it could be.


....Left hand ahead of the mouth....

On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 9:49 AM, Don Schwartz  wrote:

> appears to be a jointer ( 21in). It has a carved escapement and an
> integral 'push' which wraps around the top and right-hander's 'near' side,
> in-line .... the shape of the 'push' on the side of the plane is not
> suitable for grasping or pushing with the left hand. It looks more suited
> to pushing with the right hand, with the thumb wrapping around the side.
> That would ensure solid contact between the sole and material ahead of the
> mouth. But that puts the right hand ahead of the mouth, a most unusual
> position. Am I reading this wrong?
>
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-- 
Kirk Eppler in HMB, CA, who only had a small Berg looking chisel to show
for my last trip.