H1756 Vintage TURNER Australia No.4 smoothing PLANE IOB

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Vintage tools -  plane H1756

Up for sale is a hard to find Australian made TURNER No.4 smoothing plane in its original box. They are a stunning looking plane with their distinctive red handles.

Only produced for 30+ years they are a cool piece of the Australian post WW2 manufacturing boom times, 50mm cutter.

“The TURNER story had a lifespan of only 35 years. It began in April 1935 and closed on the 30th of November 1970, when STANLEY TITAN acquired the business, and either absorbed or ceased to manufacture the TURNER products from that date.
In 1935, Rene William TURNER, aged 27 years, formed a small company, trading as "Moderne Handles Company" in Chapel Street in South Yarra, Melbourne, with a staff of three people. By 1966, the Company, now named TURNER Industries Ltd, employed 1100 people.
TURNER acquired the patterns and details of its plane lines from POPE Products Ltd in Adelaide. The POPE (& FALCON) line of planes were a copy of the STANLEY USA range. TURNER redesigned the planes and introduced a unbreakable "Red Cellulose Acetate" front & rear handle, matching their screwdriver line.” - from the HTPAA web page.

Weight -  1.85kg

CONDITION

This plane is in authentic vintage condition, wear and tear consistent with age & light use. Some wear to the box. Minor finish loss, one of the handier planes to have in your workshop. Such an iconic & handsome tool with the see through red acetate handles.

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