Smallish Stanley plane gloat
Dominic Greco at home in Richboro, PA
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Hi Everyone,
Due to space constraints at home, a buddy of mine here at work decided it was time sell off some of his later grandfather's tools. His grandfather was an oyster boat builder and used handtools almost exclusively. He described his grandfather's tool chest as "too big and heavy for me to even lift one side". (yikes!)
When he told me of this decision and the size of the tool box, I needed a drool cup! He stated that he didn't want to sell all of it. Just the planes, saws, and chisels.
A couple days ago he finally brought the planes in (we're supposed to tackle the chisels and other saws later this month).
We used the book "Antique and Collectible Stanley Tools: Guide to identify and value" to get an idea on the price. I also took into account the condition and even used Ebay as a reference to arrive at a fair price.
It was a lot of fun dating the tools. Most of them were pre-WWII, with some post WWII ones thrown in. I sort of felt like an Archaeologist while doing this!
None of the hand planes were exceedingly rare. There were just a "regular guy's" everyday working tools. I will say this about my friend's grand-pop, he knew how to sharpen a tool! Just about every plane blade was still sharp enough to work with.
In the end my buddy chose to hold onto a pre-WWII Bailey #4 as a memento of his grand-pop. As soon as I get a chance, I'm building a shadow box for his to display it in.
Here's what I ended up with:
- Stanley Bailey #7
- Stanley Bailey #3
- Stanley 9 1/2 Adjustable mouth block plane
- Disston Ship (?) Saw
- Stanley #101 Bull nose block plane
- Stanley #51 Spoke Shave
I admit, none of these are earth shattering in their rarity. But all most really need (aside from the #6 which needs some TLC) is some basic cleaning and maintenance. But for what I paid for them, they're quite nice. I ended up paying about $45 for the entire bunch.
I tried looking up the Disston Saw on several websites (most useful one being disstonianinstitute.com). But I really couldn't find anything on it. The medallion gives me a clue as to it's date of manufacture as somewhere around 1917.
Since I'm a novice, I could use a hand identifying it. Anybody have an idea?
See ya around,
Dominic