Plane blade

Object/Artifact

Heritage Acres

Name/Title

Plane blade

Entry/Object ID

2026.12.27

Description

Very large plane blade and backing iron, came with wooden wedge. Probably for Cooper's inverted jointer plane for shaping barrel staves. Plane body missing. Blade is sharpened with slightly concave edge, so barrel staves edges would be slightly rounded.

Use

Barrel making.

Context

Herbert Wilkinson 1873-1948 established Wilkinson Cooperage at 241 Gorge Road after he and his family arrived in Victoria in 1918.