3/8″ single-boxed side bead plane by Arrowmammet Works/A.E. Baldwin

Description

A clean example of a 3/8″ side bead.  Very unusual in that the A.E. Baldwin mark has been overstruck with the Arrowmammet Works mark — the companies were the same, but very few examples of overstrikes have been reported, none of them side beads.   The overstrike dates the plane to within a couple of years of 1841.

The plane is in above-average condition,  with a few stains.  The wedge has very little damage, far less than usual.  The cutter is well-kept.   The boxing has shrunk a little, as often happens, and is rounded a little at the toe (as is the body of the plane).   A solid worker, and a bit of a rarity if you’re an Arrowmammet collector.