Ogee-bead plane by Treman & Bros., Ithaca, marked 7/8″

Description

These ogee-bead planes are notoriously difficult to classify, owing to the extremely wide variety of serpentine forms they took.  This one may have been used by a stairbuilder to make handrails.   It is exceptionally wide, and in clean, crisp condition.  There is no mushrooming on the head (though there are a few micro-chips on the arrises),  the plane’s arrises are crisp and not rounded over, and the cutter is sharp and well-kept.

The Treman name is still well-known in Ithaca — they successfully operated a hardware business here into the 1950s, a local state park is named for them, and the nearby village of Trumansburg was named for them (and not Harry S., despite what some think).  A Treman was on the Cornell Board of Trustees until sometime in the early 90’s.