Incredible plow unlike anything I have seen before. I have known about this plane for over 30 years and have finally been able to acquire it. Found in Nova Scotia.
It's many unique features include the delicate and crude ram's horn nuts, the iron inlays on the arms, the Prince of Wales badge or medallion on the front of the fence, the detailed shapely top surface of the plane, the unique rear handle, and the heavy iron depth stop with uniquely shaped locking screw. The plane is of english beech and combined with the the medallion almost guarantees this to be of english origin. The badge does not have any initials (atypical as the prince of Wales badge usually shows the initials of the reigning prince) making this plane difficult to date. This particular heraldic badge was first used around the year 1330. The plane likely dates to the year 1675 +/- 50 years based on my decades of observing wooden planes but that is only a guess. Perhaps it has much more significance (owned by royalty? or from the 'royal' woodworking shop?) with the badge on it and the other accoutrements (as noted above) that differentiate it from the very basic ploughs of the same time period but we will likely never know. Exceptional in every way. The wedge and iron appear to be later replacements.
