Yet another Plane Dating question
Kevin French, Antrim NH
>I've bought a couple Stanley Plane, maybe a few- ALL RIGHT A HALF DOZEN. DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T STOP, -I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.
OK
I've went through and dated all my plane but came up with an odd one. Here's how it breaks down on the dating, (to me).
It's a nice #3.
No dates behind the Frog- 1-8,15-20
No Raised Ring on front Knob- 1-8
Size # cased into Bed- 5-8
2 Dates on Lateral Adjustment Leveler- Makes it a "Type 5 made between 1885-88."
Here's the problem. The Pat. date on blade is Ap'l 19.92, No big problem here, write it off as blade replaced from a newer plane.
But one of the TWO dates on the L.A.L is 10.21.94.
In Pat Leach's comments on plane dating he says,
"There are some hybrid models, and sub-models, which aren't fully documented, but what follows are the ones you're most likely to encounter."
May thoughts are I have a Hybrid/sub-model tpye 7, w/a left over blade. (?)
Note to TC. I found this one in the dump.