Thomas Laursen
04-03-2011, 9:24 PM
Hi everybody, I'm new here (but not to reading) and I need your help.
Yesterday I went to the local market, and very much to my surprise I found this no. 2. In my country wooden planes were the standard for many years, so when I see metal planes it is usually british made no. 4 or common block planes. For five years of rust hunting I think I have seen like 2 jack planes and 1 no. 6, so you can imagine how happy I am. This was really unexpected.
So my question to you is, what type is it?
I hope the pictures will tell all you need. If not I will take some more.
There aren't any patent dates on it anywhere. The lateral adjustment lever says just stanley, the lever cap has a B on it and on the frog there is a U.
I'm no expert in this, but I'm gonna guess that it's a type 8, based upon the pictures I found on RexMill.com, but i could be wrong. Can someone with more experience verify or clarify for me.
Not that it matters that much, because it's gonna be a user. I gave it a quick sharpening and it is in good condition, except from the broken tote and some pitting on the sole.
I'm just curious to know for some reason :)
Thomas
Yesterday I went to the local market, and very much to my surprise I found this no. 2. In my country wooden planes were the standard for many years, so when I see metal planes it is usually british made no. 4 or common block planes. For five years of rust hunting I think I have seen like 2 jack planes and 1 no. 6, so you can imagine how happy I am. This was really unexpected.
So my question to you is, what type is it?
I hope the pictures will tell all you need. If not I will take some more.
There aren't any patent dates on it anywhere. The lateral adjustment lever says just stanley, the lever cap has a B on it and on the frog there is a U.
I'm no expert in this, but I'm gonna guess that it's a type 8, based upon the pictures I found on RexMill.com, but i could be wrong. Can someone with more experience verify or clarify for me.
Not that it matters that much, because it's gonna be a user. I gave it a quick sharpening and it is in good condition, except from the broken tote and some pitting on the sole.
I'm just curious to know for some reason :)
Thomas