Sargent planes

Re: Sargent planes

tom in AR

>The planes dont have lever caps that look like a Stanley 9 1/2 or knuckle joint. They have a lever in the center, dwn is locked, up is unlocked. Almost looks like a stanley 18 schoolboy plane but standard angle.

Re: Sargent planes

Todd Hughes

>The Sargent 306 is a pretty common plane and looking in my copy of the book "Sargent Planes Identification and Value gyide it books for $15-30. A type one will go for twice this and has a cap that has a small wheel under it. I couldn't find any planes labled as a number 19 in this book...maybe i just missed it.The no. 507 Rabbet plane,[think of a tiny no. 10] is a pretty desirable plane, books $150-$300.If not rare they are at least very uncommon I believe I have only seen one at tool shows. Probably your best bet to get one will be to keep an eye on ebay for one to turn up......Sargent planes esp. older ones are very nice planes and i think every bit as good or better then a Stanley. Just Cleaned up a Sargent 76,[a circular plane like a Stanley 113] and it is a beautiful tool.....Todd

A little rough

Ellis Walentine

>I had a Sargent 55 (or whatever they called it) before the fire and it worked very nicely but the castings were pretty rough compared to the Stanley 55. I don't know if that was a problem with other Sargent models, but Bill Phillips told me that Sargents generally sold for considerably less than similar Stanleys. I don't recall any more than that.

Cheers,

Ellis

Re: A little rough *LINK*

walt quadrato

>Sargents were made in New Haven CT,,right down the road from me. Should be tons of these around here..but there isn't. I've got a few and I've found them to be heavier than the comparable Stanleys. Flattening the sole seems to take longer too. Great users when they're tuned. Still looking for a few Sargent scraper planes. So, you're looking for a Sargent #2 type? I've got an extra..but the front knob is a replacement. Sargents had that egg-shape thing going on with their knobs. Never understood that, but they're comfortable.

walt q


old plane/brass city toolworks

Actually.....

Todd Hughes

>the prices were about the same or a little higher for the Sargents .Looking in an original 1920's stanley catalog i see that a no. 5 plane sold for $4.80 in a Sargent catalog of about the same time period they are priced at $5.80. A Stanley 113 compass plane is $7.15 a simular Sargent 76 is $9.30, Stanley 78 Fillester plane was $3.15 while the sargent 79 was .55 cents more....Guess lots of people must have liked Sargents otherwise we wouldn't see as many of them as we do because they were willing to pay more for them.....Todd

Re: Actually.....

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>Do we have any way of telling what the actual retail selling prices were? I wonder whether manufacturers' catalog prices were 100% in line with street prices.