Block Plane ID

Re: Block Plane ID, 2nd pic

Thad Smith

>Second pic of blade

Thad Smith

Sargent Frankinplane

Todd Hughes

>Your plane was made by Sargent, looks like be a no. 5607 which was made from 1920's to the 50s. During the war they had the black nitrate finish which yours looks like. Alot that you see are Craftsmen ones made by Sargent for Sears , with out the correct blade can be hard to tell if it was a Craftsman plane.

The blade is from an older stanley Block plane, probably a 9 1/2. They used this blade marking from 1879 to about 1890 ....both pretty common though first time I have seen them together....

Maybe somewhere a guy has an older Stanley 9 1/2 wondering why he can't find any other Sargent plane that looks quite like it, eh?.....Todd

Re: Block Plane ID

Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge

>Here's a picture of my Craftsman version.

Kurt

Re: Sargent Frankinplane

Thad Smith

>Todd,

Thanks for the ID. I was wondering if that might be the case as I know the older tools would not have Made in USA cast in the bed. I was looking at Millers Fall and Stanley planes trying to find a match. It never crossed my mind to check Sargent. Since the plane and blade are common I will turn it into a user. Thanks again for your help.

Thad Smith

Re: Block Plane ID

Thad Smith

>Kurt,

That looks to be an almost perfect match. The only difference I see is the blade adjustment knob on mine has a swirled pattern on the end. Thanks for the help.

Thad Smith

Re: iron

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>The iron with the L Bailey's stamp on it is not really all that common in tool hell here. If you want a good user plane, I would tune up that plane and put a Hock iron in it.