Identify Sargeant hand plane

10/14/07, 3:47 PM #1

Bob Sobieck
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Identify Sargeant hand plane

Bob Sobieck

>Please help me identify a Seargeant Hand plane I just received. I got it from a coworker (approacing 60) who got it from is mother in law as he cleaned her basement. It belonged to her husband. My first intent is to restore and use. Its not in bad shape and very manageble. It also came in in the same tool box with a Stanlye 60 1/2 block plane that gives me a hint the owner didn't by junk.

The only marking thru the grime is a number 410 in front of the handele. It is 10" long and had a blade roughly 2 3/8" wide. I now own a LN block plane and love the thick blade. I am thinking this woudl be a good upgrade for this too if worthy. The frog is adjustable. Is this a jack or a smoother? Either way I am interested in those who know more than I do.

Bob in Green Bay.

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10/14/07, 3:59 PM #2

Bill Houghton
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Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>The length sounds like a smoother - metal jack planes are usually more like 14". That extra 4" does make a difference, too - the shorter sole is less effective at flattening, but more effective at removing localized high spots.

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10/14/07, 7:44 PM #3

Jim DeLaney, Austintown, Ohio
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Jim DeLaney, Austintown, Ohio

>Bob,

What you've got is Sargent's version of a Stanley 4�. If it's a Sargent VBM (Very Best Made), and I think most, if not all 410's were, then it's a damn fine plane. Definitely a keeper!

It's a smoother, by the way. My favorite size. I have three or four Stanley 4�'s, and use them probably more than all my other planes combined.

The Sargent has a pretty good blade in it from the factory, but an L-N 'Stanley replacment' blade in O-1 or A-2 steel would probably make it even better. If you're going that route, think about using the L-N chip breaker, too.

Jim D.

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