I’ve seen a handful of cambered woodies.  One I was certain wore that way
due to the peculiar usage, it was uneven.  I’ve also seen a gutter plane,
made to cut wooden rain gutters, then a few in between.  As Scott said,
could be cut to purpose, and others have mentioned purposes.

Is there a maker’s mark on the toe?  We can go digging in the history books
if so, see if they made anything cambered.  But that one has been cambered
a long time, the wood patina is quite uniform.

Kirk in Half Moon Bay, CA

On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 3:08 PM Dan Beck  wrote:

>
> But here’s where I need help - the entire sole of the plane is also
> heavily cambered:
>
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> https://groups.io/g/oldtools/photo/268441/3308618?p=Created%2C%2C%2C20%2C2%2C0
%2C0
>
> I’ve not seen this before. Is there a reason for this heavily cambered
> sole? Perhaps this was meant for boat building or some other specific task?
> I’m in the dark but intrigued so if anyone can enlighten me, I would
> appreciate it.
>
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Sent from my iPad, apologies for the Auto Correct errors. Kirk