Font on antique hand plane

[Desard]

Hi guys,

i recently bought an old hand plane and i am currently tying to determine age and origin.

There are three letters carved into the plane.

Can someone identify the font / age? The hand plane is probably from europe. I saw similar dutch planes from the 18th century, but some people think it could be older. 

I have no clue about fonts, but i found the "Bastarda" which dates back to the 14th -15th centuries in france, netherlands and germany.

[Ralf Herrmann]

Not sure why the image seems to be mirrored. So let me post it like I think it needs to look:

A matching font (with the letters I/J, H, S) 

download at MyFonts

 

[Desard]

Wow, that was fast.

Thanks! 🙂 

I just double checked, my image is correct.

So the carving is mirrored? That's weird

[Ralf Herrmann]

12 minutes ago, Desard said:

So the carving is mirrored? That's weird

… and it might mean the lettering is fake and a later addition. I am also surprised it matches a print font so well. That is not expected for old product lettering. 

[Desard]

You are right, the similarity is astounding. Do you think it could be added in the last couple of decades?

Because i am pretty sure it has not been touched for the last 100-150 years at least. 

 

[Riccardo Sartori]

For what is worth, this particular typeface doesn’t seem to be older than 1974.