I can't quite figure this fellow out but in looking at Whelan, page 73, it seems that it is a PANEL FIELDING PLANE. It has slide arms and no profile on the bottom. It is designed to cut flat fields around a panel I guess.
I also cannot figure out if it is American or English.
As a Georgia Bulldawg, I love this iron. NIce logo with Bull Dog beneath it. W. Beien & Co.
I did an experiment with it when I first got it and was able to make a crude panel. What I found was that you could use the knicker and start the process with a flat. Then you needed to retract the knicker and you could slant the plane to get an angle. If you did not retract the knicker, you tore up the edge as I did with a couple of the sides.
I will be more deliberate on the next panels and probably use a marking gauge to scribe a line for the depth of the cut on the edge of the board.
Inasmuch as these planes seem to be made for flat sides, I may just go with that. I will make doors for the storage cabinet at some point. Right now I have solid doors planed.
Can any of you fellow across the pond recognize this crown logo. The owner's mark obscures it, but looks like a crown with some initials or other emblem beneath it. I was thinking it was American, but the Crown and the Sheffield iron may mean it is English.
Also, why would you need the long arms. Maybe you would make several passes on a large panel?
