A neat German Jack style plane made by Richter-Narex in Czechoslovakia.
About Richter-Narex
From the NAREX BYSTRICE website:
The hand tool production in Bystrice u Benesova dates back to 1919, when the manufacturer Vaclav Richter founded a factory producing quality tools for woodworking. The business grew from its small beginnings to a company of European and world renown. In subsequent years, the business continued to expand with development not interrupted even by the 2nd World War, when the factory worked on two-shifts. Several organizational changes took place after the nationalization in 1948 and the factory was associated with a newly established national company Naradi Praha (subsequently called Narex Praha) as an independent plant in 1958.
Rapid manufacturing development doubled the production by 1970. A new business name and registered trade mark Narex was established. The brand had come to stay in both domestic and international markets. At the time of the Velvet Revolution in 1989, the factory was at its peak both in production and number of employees.
Thereafter the political situation and the subsequent social development brought a significant change. Individual plants within the national company Narex Praha gained independence and were turned into public limited companies.
Narex chisels have an excellent reputation & I would assume the steel used for the iron in this plane is of excellent quality.
This plane has a beech body with a hornbeam sole. Hornbeam is considered one of the hardest native timbers in Europe.