Infill made by Mick Doherty

As part of the deal of the century, I received this plane in exchange for a bronze shooting board plane casting, hold down and quadrant. Like the baseball trade that sent future hall of famer Lou Brock to the Cardinals for the Cub's Ernie Broglio, I think I got the better end of the deal. Oddly enough, Mick (incorrectly) thinks he got the better deal.

Mick had the lever cap engraved with the following four lines:

Russ Allen
DOHERTY
2003
Canberra

So far I haven't been able to get a good picture of the engraving but I'm working on it.

This shows the refection of the engraving. The image has been reversed. Home