Need help identifying a plane

[jmack77]

When a close family friend passed away several weeks ago, I recieved this hand plane from her son in-law. It belonged to her father, so I don't know much about it.  What I do know is that it's 8 inches long, and is about 3 inches wide. The manufacturer's name is stamped on the front and looks upside-down. All I can make out is "Sc****works".  I think it might be just a block plane, but I don't have much experience with hand planes. I'm hoping someone might be able to tell me what type of plane it is and who the manufacturer was. It would be awesome to restore it and have it in my shop. I'll try to upload a couple more pictures.

[Immortan D]

It's a smoother. No idea about the manufacturer, anyone could've made wooden planes like that one back in the days.

[Llama]

Just a coffin smoother... Keep it as is, sharpen the blade and use it.

[Jim Harvey]

Scioto was a second brand of Ohio Tool Works. They used wood with slight defects and sold them cheaper. Supposedly Scioto had the same quality iron as Ohio Tools.

[Miles11we]

Do you have the iron?

A lot of coffen planes were shop made, no marks etc. 

If its solid and you have the iron just flatten the sole and sharpen the iron.

[RichardA]

The interesting thing about Scioto Works is that they were only contracted by Ohio Tool company for for a few years ending in 1848. Those planes were called seconds, even though  there was nothing wrong with  the construction of the planes, they were called seconds because they were made in the Scioto Prison that was along the Scioto river in Ohio.  The prisoners were never allowed to see the planes completed, because the steel blades could be used as a weapon. Here's one of their's in near mint condition, it is a smoothing plane, and it works quite well when properly tuned.

[jmack77]

You guys rock!! I'm having a hard time up loading pics from my phone. I'll post some tomorrow at work. It did come with an iron, but it has a chip breaker attached to it. So I've doubted that the iron was meant for it. According to my father it was lying next to the plane, so he assumed it was meant for that plane. I'm heading over next week to look at some other tools that the family has said I can have. So I'll keep my eye out for a possible iron for this plane. 

[RichardA]

The iron is quite thick closer to the cutting edge.  It also has Ohio Tool stamped on the blade. and it's a tough blade it takes forever to sharpen, but once sharpened it's a beauty! And the original does not have a chip breaker.

[Tpt life]

Hey Richard,the plane in your pictures has a double iron and not a single. 

[wtnhighlander]

#hijack -@RichardA, is that a a self-portrait dog hole?

[RichardA]

Yup, sure is..... see what you have to look forward to when we finally meet!

2 hours ago, C Shaffer said:

Hey Richard,the plane in your pictures has a double iron and not a single. 

I'm guessing that I'll have to lose the set on it to show you... It'll be a little later though!

[Tpt life]

Here is what I see. I don't think I was detailed enough before. I am not disputing the tapered iron. Mine is very tapered. See the notch in the block for a retaining screw. I should have said that your plane was set up for a double iron or it would not have that channel. 

[RichardA]

Carus, you are correct, it does have a chip breaker... I hadn't pulled it down to use it in so long that I forgot how it was set up. I didn't even have to take it apart. I won't forget that again.