Diamond Edge plane info needed

[Paul Erickson]

I have a Diamond Edge DE7 that I am trying to get some information on. Google reveals very little. Also, anyone know where I could get an appropriate lever cap, a Bedrock cap came with it.

Thanks in advance.

cheers, Paul

[Roger Nixon]

Diamond Edge was a brand name used by the Shapliegh Hardware Co. All of the ones I've seen were made by Sargent but other manufacturers may have made them as well. The easiest way is determine a plane's maker is to remove the frog and look at the way the frog mates to the plane.
The correct lever cap could have been plain or it could have had an embossed diamond with DE inside it depending on the age.
Several Diamond Edge planes I have seen had a hard rubber (maybe gutta percha) tote.

[Dan Moening]

"The Hardware Companies Kollectors Klub" (http://www.thckk.org/)will have some information about Diamond Edge, though I believe Roger summed it up quite well.

The Bedrock lever cap will fetch a nice return from the right person.