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H C Marsh planes
Gil Mitchell
>hey everyone I'm mainly a lurker but to day I have a question. my brother inlaw was cleening out his basement today and found some old planes, H C March & co. He brought over a no.2 which I am interested in and said he has three or four more larger ones not sure what sizes though.anyone have any ideas what they would be worth. no. 2 is in pretty good shapes light pitting knob & tote no cracks can't find my camera or I'd post pics {14 year old daughter}
Re: H C Marsh planes
wayne anderson
>Roger Smith has a nice article on H.C.Marsh planes (and later, Marsh-Stanley planes), in PTAMPIA, Vol II, pg 310-311. They are quite collectable, and the it has been my experience that the No.2 generally brings more than an equivalent Stanley version due to its relative scarcity.
A good friend of mine is an avid collector of Marsh planes. Nice find.
Wayne Anderson
Elk River, MN
Re: H C Marsh planes
L. Hanson
>The H.C. Marsh company was a large tool company based in Rockford, IL. They started making bailey style planes after Stanley's original patents ran out.until they were bought out by Stanley sometime around WWII. They made planes for Stanley after that until something like 1929 - I think. I'm not exactly sure when the factory shut down. They were probably most famous for their miter box, which I believe became Stanley's as well.
One of my favorite smoothing planes is a Marsh transitional plane that was bought used by my grandad in the 1930's:
There's more info on the company at the oldtools site if you're interested.
Re: H C Marsh planes
L. Hanson
>Excuse me!
They were bought out by Stanley sometime around WWI (1915-1920) NOT WWII. Sorry!
Re: H C Marsh planes *LINK*
Skip in Falls Church
>An M2 finished up on ebay a little while ago. It went for $393. Now how that relates to real life, who knows. :)
Skip
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6197150700&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
Re: H C Marsh planes
Gil Mitchell
>just wanted to say thanks to everyone for all the information it was very helpful.