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ST80937 Number 4 Smoothing Plane - Prelateral This is a genuine as found pre-lateral with about 5/8" left on the original iron with the half moon Stanley Rule & Level logo. The tote has a few chips around the upper edge but is really quite nice for an early tote on a well used plane. The plane was well used, but well cared for. A nice honest example. Good $145Sold
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ST80953 Number 91 Dual Stem Marking Gauge This is a new in the box Stanley dual stem marking gauge from the 1950s. The box has the original cost code and price of 2.10 written on the box. The box is in G+ condition with no torn corners. The label is coming loose and needs to be glued back down properly. NIB $79
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ST80957 Number 98/99 Side Rabbets This is a matched pair of Stanley side rabbets in clean as found condition. As is usually the case, the 98 is a bit more worn and has about 70% original nickel while the 99 has better than 90% original nickel. A nice user pair. G+ $159
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ST80936 Number 45 Combination Plane This is a complete in the original box Stanley 45 from the 1930s. The box is tatty with the outer paper coming off. The plane needs some light cleaning but is really quite good and will clean up very nicely. It also has the original screw driver but it does not have the original instructions. We will include a reprinted copy. This tool is a one of the Stanley greats. The new repros of it don't hold a candle to genuine Stanley quality. G++ $295
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ST8099 Number 71 1/2 Router This is a very clean Stanley router with 95% plus original nickel and nice clean maple handles. All three blades are presesent and little used. A very nice example. G++ $169
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ST80910 Pocket Level This is a nice clean example with about 60% of the original japanning. Nice as found condition. G+ $48
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ST80843 Number 95 Edge Trimming Block Plane This is a nice Sweetheart marked example of this scarce but most handy tool. It has about 70% orginal japanning and the rest is nicely patinated. A nicer user or collector's example. G+ $135
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ST8081 Number 60 1/2 Low Angle Block Plane This is a crisp, as found, Stanley low angle block plane from the 1950s. This plane has a full iron and was clearly not used much. The quality is as good as any period in Stanley's history. G++ $89
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ST80720 No. 10 1/2 Carriagemaker's Rabbet Plane This is a superb example of this classic plane. From an important collection. This plane retains nearly all of the original japanning, and has a wonderful light patina on all of the bare surfaces. It has never been cleaned. This plane has a full original blade with the 1892 patent date logo, but also comes with a new old stock blade from the 1950s which will allow you to use the plane but keep the original blade at full length. This one is for the connoisseur. Fine- $325
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ST8076 No. 923 Brace This is a Stanley 10" brace with rosewood, i.e. one of the good ones. It is in nice as found condition. A first class tool for a fraction of the price of a second rate new one. G+ $85
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ST8079 No. 5C Jack Plane This is a very little used Sweetheart marked corrugated jack plane in the original box. Very interestingly, it is marked on the blade and the box, Made in Canada. Very few of these turn up down our way. As found and needs a bit of light cleaning wax and one of the white Norton synthetic steel wool pads. Remind me and I will give you one with it. The box is a bit tatty and one corner is torn out. A great plane for a collector or connoisseur user. G++ $149
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ST80617 Number 10 1/2 Carriagemaker's Rabbet Plane This is a particularly nice as found example with much of the original decail still left on the tote. The original sweetheart blade has about 80% remaining. The japanning is about 99%. Needs a light cleaning with wax and soft rag. A very nice G+ $259
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ST8066 Number 101 Block Plane This is Stanley's popular 3 1/2" long thumb plane. I find this plane to be great for keeping in the tool tray of my workbench and using it to take off the sharp edges on a planed board. I just grab it and run over all the edges of a board and it really keeps me from getting cut. G+ $32
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ST80523 Number 2 Bailey Smoothing Plane This is a turn of the Century Stanley number 2 that is in nice as found condition, with a nice even patina and no rust. The blade was missing when I got it and I put in a new old stock #2 iron, but it is more like a 30s or 40s iron. The chip breaker does not seem right for this plane because it is slightly too narrow. That does not matter to use it since you round off the edges of a smoothign iron anyway, but it certainly hurts the value. Hence it is a bargain. Good $265
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ST80513 Number 112 Scraper Plane This is an as found scraper that needs a bit of clean up but is how I like to find them, untouched and only needing a bit of care. The body has surface rust that will come right off with wax and the synthetic steel wool. Absolutely no pitting. The japanning is very nice and the wood is great with great figure. You can add a hundred to the price when it is cleaned up. G+ $195
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ST80422 Number 10 Carriagemaker's Rabbet Plane This is a sweetheart marked Stanley Rabbet plane with much of the original decail on the handle. It is as found and could use a careful cleaning with a rag and wax but underneath it is decent example of a collector or user. There is a nick off of the corner of the blade on the right side. To use it you would want to regrind the blade just to get past that nick. The blade is a about 80-85% remaining. G+ $249
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ST80433 No. 34 Catalogue, April 1939 Edition This is the cleanest example of a pre-War Stanley catalog that I have ever had. It is bright and crisp. You won't find a better one. Fine $99
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ST80434 Number 98/99 Side Rabbets This is a matched pair of Stanley side rabbets with the depth stop. The 98 is pristine and rates fine, a rating that our regulars know I don't normally use for a tool. The 99 is missing some nickel and is not as clean. I would call it G+. The price of being a favorite I guess. These sets with the depth stop are not easy to find. G+/Fine $245
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ST80337 No. 7C Bedrock Jointer This is the first model Bedrock, where it still has the Number 7 cast into the body. This is a corrugated jointer. The handle spur has been broken off and glued back on. The plane is quite dirty, but should clean up well. Will clean to at least G+ $199
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ST8033 No. 607 Bedrock Jointer This is an early style Bedrock with the 1892 pat. date logo blade. This plane has its full original blade and has seen very little use. The bare metal is very clean with just a nice light patina. The rest of the plane is filthy. Really dirty, but not rusty. It has been in Nevada all its life. We bought it from the original owner's grandson. There is one sliver missing from the side of the tote just below the spur. Kind of an odd place. I like this plane and I think that it can be cleaned up to better than G+ $229Sold
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ST8026 No. 093 Mahogany Level This is an 18", fully bound, mahogany level with the V trademark. It is as found with great color and much of the original finish. This is the nicest example that I have seen. It is neatly marked on the top, L.S.K. & Co. I am curious what that was. Some fool has scratched his initials, W K in the side. I could live without that. There is also one ding on the side near the center that could possibly be sweated back out. Short of finding one in the box, I don't think that it is likely to find a better one. G++ $175
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ST80135 No. 6C Bailey Fore Plane This is a very nice as found corrugated Stanley fore plane with nice patina overall. The rosewood is beautiful. The blade is about 80% and has the trademark that was used around 1907, just before the V trademark. The japanning needs cleaning with wax, but that is it. This is a very nice example that I would rather have than any of the expensive new knock-offs that we sell. G+ $119
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ST71254 No. 10 Carriagemaker's Rabbet Plane This is a nice turn of the Century Stanley rabbet plane. I love the profile on the tote of the earlier modles, which have extra wood to prevent split handles. This plane has nice wood front and rear, and nice patina on all the metal. The japanning needs cleaning but is better than 90%. The blade is about 90%. The mark on the blade was not struck very deeply and is a bit faint. This is the nicest Number 10 that has come my way in quite some time. G++ $265
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ST71067 No. 40 Scrub Plane This is a nice early Stanley scrub plane with a logo that just reads "Stanley Rule & Level Company" on two straight lines and cast hold down screw that is quite scarce. There is a check on one side of the handle that goes about half way through and could be glued up tight. As found and needs a light cleaning with wax. A good user or a nice early one for a collector. G+ $125
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ST71056 No. 42 Shipwright's Bevel This is a nice as found example with perfect untouched brass blades and nice boxwood. This tool really shows no appreciable wear, and has just been sitting around. It is not signed Stanley, and is only marked with the number, which was not uncommon. If you wax it, it should clean to better than G+ $49
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ST70914 No. 92 Gauge This is an early version that is only marked PAT PEN'G and does not have the model number stamped on it. Nice original as found condition. G++ $99
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ST70663 No. 52 Shute Board Hold Down Clamps - Repro I have a small number of hold down clamps that were reproduced for the No. 52 in the 1970s. They are properly made in cast iron. They were just painted black, not properly japanned. The paint is all scratched up and I recommend stripping them and redoing them with japanning. They are otherwise convincing reproductions of a part that is invariably missing from the Stanley shute board. Repro $75
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ST7048 No. 442 Saw Set in Box This is a green painted pistol grip saw set in the original sweetheart box with the original instructions. The label on the box is half gone and the box has one torn corner. The tool itself is really pristine with the original decail on the handle. I don't recall seeing this model before. Fine $89
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ST70279 No. 333H Stanley Yankee Handyman Bits This is an original new old stock box from a hardware store that once contained 6 sets of bits. It now contain 3 sets of bits, each set being individually packed for sale by the hardware store. The three packs of bits are all new and the cardboard box that holds the three packs shows only minor wear and is still easily G++. For the advanced Stanley collector. Mint $98
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ST60810 Stanley "Level Glasses" in the Box This is an original box of Stanley level vials. It is an early green box. The box is for one dozen and stamped assorted but there are only 3 of the original 12 left, two 2" vials and one 3 1/2" vials. The vials are all new, the box rates G+ $99
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ST50423 No. 53 Spokeshave This is an early Stanley cast iron flat soled spokeshave with the July 1858 date cast into the handle. Has most of the original blade left, with a nice crisp early Stanley logo. The japanning is about 60%. It has the kind of wear that you get from knocking about in a tool box for years. This is a nice heavy tool that is better than any of the metal shaves made today and yet cheaper. G+ $65
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3088 Stanley Turnscrew This is a small screwdriver, 6 1/2" overall, with the Stanley Rule and Level in an oval and Patented June 6, '71. I can't imagine what was patented. I have never seen this pattern Stanley before. The handle has a nice shape. Birch handle. There is some light pitting on the blade. Good $36
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20131 Sweetheart Blade for a No. 1 This is an original 1920s No. 1. It is in nice condition and would look good in a plane that rates G+ to G++. The blade is slightly bent but could be easily straightened or used as is. G+ $49
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