Tool Talk
What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: rustyric on July 20, 2018, 03:31:11 PM
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Can anyone put a brand name to this tiny little plane ? The sole measures appx. 3 3/8" x 1 1/4"
(https://i.imgur.com/QpMtE7F.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0xJJ58v.jpg)
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This is partly a guess, but I say Craftsman. :smiley:
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Thanks - anyone else ? (I cant see a name under the rust on the blade)
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Clean it up, and you might find out. It looks a lot like the Stanley 101 - http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan12.htm#num101 (http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan12.htm#num101) - but the few examples I've seen didn't have a slotted screw on the lever cap. Here's Patrick Leach's picture of the Stanley:
(http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/101.jpg)
As Professor Leach points out in his little essay, a lot of manufacturers made imitations/clones/versions of the Stanley plane; and, if Sears decided to add it to the lineup, they'd have contracted with one of those companies to produce it for them.
I owned one for a while, cost me $0.67 (three items for two dollars at a yard sale). I found it awkward to use...just too small for my hands.
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I will clean it up and see what turns up and let you all know, many thanks
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The Stanley box label shows the 101 at 3 1/2". Don't know about the one in question.
Note that the Stanley's finger dimple is set back from the front by just a bit, but the one in question has its dimple even with the front.
So?
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So the question is did someone copy Stanley's or did Stanley copy somebody else's?
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So the question is did someone copy Stanley's or did Stanley copy somebody else's?
There's a third possibility, always. Stanley was kind of the Microsoft of the 19th/20th century woodworking tool world: always buying up competitors or companies offering a product they'd like to offer. The design could have entered their product line that way.
I don't know which it is in this case.
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I've seen those (thumb planes ?) by a bunch of makers.... as usual, Stanley had it "first." But, Craftsman, Stanley, Sargent, Stanley Handyman , … after that every high and low class plane maker had them. I can't tell from the picture, but how "thick" the blade is can tell a little bit about it. Also, if the "thumb" part is completely smooth, more likely a Stanley then the others. That's my two sense... which may not make sense at all.