These planes are only to be found in the 1888 and 1891 MARPLES Catalogues [and maybe the previous catalogue 1883?] connected to ‘English Pattern Iron Planes’. None of them were actually manufactured by MARPLES and instead MARPLES were just another conduit offering these odd planes to the general public.
The number 113 Adjustable Circular Plane and the number 100.1/2 Iron Block Plane are both STANLEY planes [made in USA].
Numbers 99 [Iron Duplex Plane], 100 [Iron Chamfer Plane], 100-1/2 [Iron Bull-Nose Plane] and 102-1/2 [iron Block Plane] were made by or for Joseph Wolstenholme & Sons [JWS].
It is uncertain who made Plane number 1089 [Iron Chamfer Plane]
The number 34 [Iron Smoothing Plane] was perhaps specifically made for William MARPLES with a HIBERNIA Lever Cap, but an earlier version with Ivy-Covered Lever Cap [shown here] is also shown in a Robert Marples 1895 Catalogue.
Much of the above information is the result of years of study by Cameron Miller in Australia and I am indebted to him for allowing me to use his research results.
GALLERY:
#100 3.1/2″ Iron Chamfer Plane with 1″ cutter:
#98 and #99 Iron Duplex Chamfer or Bullnose Planes. The smallest [No.1] is 3.1/2″ long with a 1″ cutter and the largest [No.2] is 5″ long with a 1.1/4″ cutter.
#34 Iron Smoothing Plane with Beech fittings 8.1/2″ long and with a 2″ wide cutter. The basic design was a copy of the plane produced by the Bailey Tool Company in USA around the 1870s. Again these British made [manufacturer presently unknown,] planes were not made specifically for MARPLES but were indeed carried by various other MARPLES companies [e.g. Robert M.] It is probable that the first issue may have had a lever cap worded ‘ The Norfolk’ and Wm MARPLES requested the maker [ JWS or John Monks & Sons?] to provide a ‘Hibernia’ lever cap for his planes. Other Marples companies may show a generic ‘Ivy’ design lever cap.
Above information provided by Cameron Miller in Australia.
Shown above is the casting from what may be called the 2nd version of this plane. The first version had the cross wall with no cutout for the cap-iron screw. The 3rd and last version had a rounded cross wall as shown below:
#1089 Iron Chamfer plane:
#102.1/2 Iron Block Plane 5.1/2″ long with a 1.5/16″ cutter [actual] :
