L: 23.5cm W: 6.0cm H: 13.6cm
a- L: 23.5cm W: 6.0cm H: 8.5cm
b & c- L: 15.8cm W: 2.3cm H: 0.8cm
d & e- L: 18.2cm W: 2.4cm H: 0.4cm
A wooden nosing plane consisting of 5 parts.
a- The body is rectangular and made of a light brown hardwood. A cheek protrudes from the bottom half of both the front and back sides. 2 throats cut diagonally through the body, one on either side of the body's centre. The throat closest to the toe is exposed through the back cheek while the throat closest to the heel is exposed through the front cheek. The sole is curved concavely in a 180-degree semi-circle. Stamps on the toe read: "DRYBURGH/N.E.HOPE/ONT"; "I BLOWER". A stamp on the heel reads "I BLOWER".
b & c- 2 identical wedges made from the same hardwood as the body. They taper to a point on one end and are rounded in a parabolic form on the other. A shallow cut-out below the heads of the wedges allow for easy handling.
d- The first iron is a narrow strip of grey metal. It abruptly widens near the cutting edge. The cutting edge is curved concavely in a quarter-circle. The width of the cut is 15/16".
e- The second iron is identical to the first, but the cutting edge is mirrored.
Nosing planes were primarily used to round the front edge of a stair tread, although they were used for other rounding tasks as well. Most of the later nosing planes had two irons. The difference between a Hollow and a Nosing Plane is the that the Hollow is a very shallow cut while the Nosing Plane cuts almost a full 180 degrees.
