b61-594 INFILL RABBET PLANE. N. Erlandsen. Napoleon Erlandsen was one of the few US planemakers who made European-style infill planes, primarily in New York for the pianomaking industry. Most of his planes were fairly traditional infills, with an iron or gunmetal shell around a wooden fill. This one, however, is solid iron, a technique he developed to simplify the manufacture. The hole near the toe reduced the weight and aided in the casting process. It's unsigned, but identical to that shown in Hammacher Schlemmer's 1900 catalog of pianomaking tools. See PTAMPIA II, pages 194-95. 7-1/2" sole with a 5/8" unmarked iron that's worn down to nothing, numbered to the plane and wedge, rosewood wedge. steel strike button on heel that's been hit a few times but still intact; there's a small chip from the side of the mouth on the left cheek. The plane pictured in Figure 42 of John Wells' pioneering study of New York planemakers, published in the September 2012 Gristmill. Good+ 800-1500