Just a plane question.

It looks like a smoothing plane from the 50’s or 60’s. I am not sure of the manufacture.

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I would date it around the 20s to 30s. About that time I think Stanley started moving from the standard slot on the lever cap to the kidney bean shaped one. There was no mechanical reason to do this but Stanley was the leader in the plane business and supposedly began feeling the heat from competitors and made this change to stand out from the pack. Of course everyone soon followed Stanley’s lead.

If your looking at ‘Vintage’ Stanley planes on EBay, if it has the kidney bean shaped slot, it may be collectible because of limited production or some other obscure reason, but it ain’t vintage or close to it.

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For more information check these 2 links:
http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan0a.html
https://home.comcast.net/~rexmill/planes101/planes101.htm
http://www.hyperkitten.com/tools/stanley_bench_plane/dating/type_study.php

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Im pretty sure its not a Stanley, took the handles off and the only other marking I can find on it other than the 2 places its marked Made in USA is a letter C under the rear handle. Maybe a knock off of a Stanley though.

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