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This is a rounder plane, also known as a pole shave. It was used for shaving the ends of ladder rungs, poles and rake handles. It consists of a rounded piece of wood, with a pair of handles and a blade set in the tapering round groove into which the pole was put. It was used by the donor, a carpenter and cabinet maker, at Kidlington, Oxfordshire.

1 rounder plane: wood (beech); metal (steel)

MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'SHAVE (POLE) // PLANE ROUNDER', Letter, J. C. Pope to MERL, 24 March 1961 - 'A workshop of which I have been the tenant for some years is shortly to be sold... // There are some wheelwrights' + other tools which I think may be of interest to you.'

1900-01-01 - 1949-12-31

Twentieth century, first half

Plane, rounder, Shave, pole

Wood, beech, Metal, steel