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Hi all.

First post here. I need some help with a decision as to whether or not I should purchase a particular Stanley hand plan. A guy local to where I live is selling two vintage Stanley hand planes on FaceBook and I'm not sure if they are "good" or "worth it". I'm hoping someone here can help me out.

Here are a couple of pictures of the planes. One looks to be around 9" and the other a longer 14" plane. The handles look like plastic (this concerns me) and they don't seem to have any stamps on them saying that they are a Bailey or anything like that.

He said he would sell both of them to me for $30. These would be my first planes. I plan to restore them (I've been researching and watching Paul Sellers videos on YouTube for restoring planes).

Thoughts?
Thank you!!!

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#2 ·
Stanley Type 20. They can indeed be restored. I'd offer $20 for the pair…settle for $25, and call it good.

$15 each isn't too bad, for a #4 and a #5 plane. Plastic handles can always be replaced with wood ones, not a big deal. At least the handles are not broken.

Go for it!
 
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At bare minimum youll get a couple hours of enjoyment out of cleaning and tuning a plane. Youll learn lots doing it too. IMO thats worth $30 clams and if you can get those taking good shaves, you can make most anything work.
 
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closest I have is a Stanley, Made in England, No. 012-004, No.4c..
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Plastic handles, yet has the frog adjust bolt..
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Still has the original iron, too..
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I seem to recall that those "ribs" were from an era when Stanley made their planes both in the USA and in England. Mine may be about that same age….
 

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