Garage Sale Find ID Help Plz

[John Shaffner]

LOML found this at a garage sale a while back. After extensive research at Ol Blood and Gore, along with a couple other places, I have an idea but I'm still too new to this to be sure. Marked with the S/B made in USA and the Stanley embossed blade, I've come to think it's a 5 1/4C. It does have the corrugated sole, but is 12" long and has a 2" wide blade. I really don't know too much, so I leave it to the experts here to take a stab at its' ID. Thanks
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[Dave Ring]

It's a 5C that's had a couple of inches cut or ground off its back end.

[James Taglienti]

Looks like a great user

[Archie England]

It's a 5C that's had a couple of inches cut or ground off its back end.


I agree. But why butch a perfectly good 14" #5 for just a 2" reduction? As James mentions, it'll probably work just as well. The five's are not really jointers, but can work that way to some degree.

[john brenton]

Maybe a piece chipped off and they just cut it off to remove the jaggedness. Who knows.

[John Shaffner]

Yeah John, that's what I am thinking. I got it for $5.00, so no complaint there. This will be a user after I do a little cleanup and a good sharpening. Thanks for everyone's help

[Archie England]

Make a good scrub plane if you don't have one.

[James Taglienti]

I agree. But why butch a perfectly good 14" #5 for just a 2" reduction? As James mentions, it'll probably work just as well. The five's are not really jointers, but can work that way to some degree.

People do some pretty baffling things to tools! Maybe they used the offcut as a tombstone for a hamster?

[Dave Ring]

A hamster named "SoN"?