Went yard sale hunting today and the bag was full when I got home. Found two
old Stanley #4's in good shape. One has a cracked but not broken tote which
is a common thing while the other is fine shape for their age. I used the
dating procedure on this website------>
http://www.hyperkitten.com/tools/stanley_bench_plane/dating/ and a couple
other sites I found and determined one to be made in 1925 and the other
1931-32. While not extremely rare I thought it to be cool they were that old
and still in the shape they are in. The man I got them from said they were
his fathers and that he was into wood working most all his life. To the best
of his knowledge his father bought them both new and was the only owner
until me. How cool is that? I love stuff like that. I'm getting them back to
working order tonight and see how they do. I got both of them and the guy
threw in a cheapo noname #4 all for a 20 dollar bill. Good buy I thought!
Jim
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Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks
before you need it.
"James D. Kountz" wrote:
> Found two
> old Stanley #4's in good shape.
> I got both of them and the guy
> threw in a cheapo noname #4 all for a 20 dollar bill.
Congratulations. Three planes for $20 is a good day or yard
sailing. Now get some #7s and #8s for decent prices and start
fillling in your collection.
Dave in Fairfax
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reply-to doesn't work
use:
daveldr at att dot net
American Association of Woodturners
http://www.woodturner.org
Capital Area Woodturners
http://www.capwoodturners.org/
"James D. Kountz" <jkountz@(remove this)citlink.net> wrote in message
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. The man I got them from said they were
> his fathers and that he was into wood working most all his life. To the
best
> of his knowledge his father bought them both new and was the only owner
> until me. How cool is that?
It's good luck for you, but somehow sad that the seller thought so little of
his father that he sold his heritage, and so cheaply at that.