Very Rare & Fine 18th Century Yellow Birch Moulding Plane by John Austin I.A. IN NORTON 5 STARS – EXCELSIOR 109398

Extra fine. 9 7/8 inches long. 5 STAR RARITY, fewer than 10 examples known. John Austin was a Private in the American Revolution. He probably worked with H. Wetherel ca. 1780 as the In Norton stamp is the one used by Wetherel.