AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE SMOOTH PLANE PATENTED BY OLIVER R. HAYWORTH OF TARKIO, MISSOURI ON NOV. 7, 1893. ONE OF ONLY A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES KNOWN WITH AN ADJUSTABLE MOUTH AND FAUCET HANDLE DEPTH ADJUSTMENT. HAYWORTHS PATENTED PLANES WERE MANUFACTURED BY THE DERBY PLANE MANUFACTURING CO. OF DERBY, CT., THE SUCCESSOR TO THE BIRMINGHAM PLANE CO. BLADE IS 2" WIDE MAKING THIS THE EQUIVALENT TO A #4 SIZE PLANE. BLADE IS A BIT SHORT AND IS MARKED " BIRMINGHAM ( VERY FAINT )/ CONN. / PLANE MFG. CO. ". MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL BLACK PAINT REMAINS BUT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS ENHANCED WITH CLEAR VARNISH TO IMPROVE ITS APPEARANCE. THERE ARE NO CRACKS OR BREAKS.
