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Stanley Bailey plane iron

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I bought a Stanley Bailey No. 6 online recently. It appears to be a Type 10 (two patent dates on the bed, and a frog adjustment screw).

The strange thing is that the plane iron has "STANLEY" in block letters stamped across the top. Nothing else. No other words, pictures, outlines; nothing.

When I look at pictures at the Rex Mill Pictorial Type Study (https://home.comcast.net/~stanleyplanes/planes101/typing/typing.htm), I can't find any that match. Could this be a replacement plane iron? Was it left unfinished on a Friday afternoon by an employee? Any ideas?
 
#3 ·
the one thing you will read is Stanley was great at using what they had in stock. The type studies are just that…..studies. You will find all iterations because Stanley would build there planes with what parts they had in stock.

So was it a replacement? Maybe. Was it something they found in the warehouse and decided to use up? maybe.

As Smitty suggested, post some pictures, but the answer will most likely be "maybe".
 
#10 ·
Interesting. I would definitely agree with Brett about it being a type 6 iron.

It could be that Stanley was using up old parts, or possibly the original iron was replaced by the plane's owner at some point with an older iron he had lying around.
 
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