Follow along to see what the X, Y and AA logos/trademarks look like, if you’re not already familiar with the SW era (1920-1935). #Stanley; #Stanleyruleandlevel; #sweetheart; #williamhart; #SWera; #stanleyworks
I know I’m a couple years late but at the end of the video when you are holding the irons up I thought they looked different then I noticed the book….i realized everything was backwards!😮
Love this video MJ, btw what was/is your secret sauce for 'polishing' the intaglio stamps on these cutting irons. I haven't seen anything quite like that before, and you know me... I'm an old hand
Hi, I purchased an old rusty block plain and when I scrapped the blade on top was a logo Stanley SW, with the made in usa on the sides of the logo. Let me know if it worth anything? let me know. I send some pics after I finish restoring it.
If you go to Virginia Toolworks, they have some pics of the block plane irons and their logos. Some are very similar to the logos / trademarks used on bench plane irons while others are quite different. I don’t know much about the values on block plane irons. Block planes in general are my blind spot
Interesting video. Were the SW blades and caps used on both the Stanley Baily and the Bedrock series of planes or just the Stanley? I was also wondering if you could do a video on the use of the tote decals. And on last thing, I noticed you have some books in the video. Could you add the titles of any resource you use when putting these videos together in the comments section? Thank you again for an interesting and educational few minutes.
The Bedrocks have their own type study and the years/types vary a bit from the regular Bailey pattern bench planes. My reading of the type study says the Type 7 Bedrocks, 1923-1926 had the AA logo on the irons and the Stanley keyhole lever caps. I’m not educated enough on the decals to do a video on those but if that changes anytime soon I’ll be sure to put a video together on it! I’ll see about adding the book info to the video description in the future. In the meantime, be sure to check out my video on what books are best to study both hand planes and woodworking. Thanks for watching!
Loving your videos. I'm looking at a 5 1/2 which is a type 16, but the blade is unmarked. It might have been a replacement, but wanted to check if Stanley ever made unbranded irons around the WW2 era?
As far as I know, Stanley never sold their Stanley Bailey bench planes with blank irons. Even the department store brand equivalents such as Defiance typically had at least “made in USA” on the iron
I was wondering if the same information translates to Canadian made planes and irons. I have a Bailey No. 4 which appears to be a type 19. It has a Y type logo which would suggest it had been replaced. This is all cool stuff, just learned so much in a couple of days.
As far as I know the Stanley planes made in Canada did not follow the same timeline as what we see on the ones made in the USA. I *think* they kept using the SW logo longer for example.
Not all the type 15s had orange frogs but some did. Check out Patrick Leach’s Blood and Gore - you can find it via Google or at www.supertool.com. He mentions the orange frogs there. As I recall he says it was 1920s and early 1930s. There’s some speculation that it was to keep pace with other manufacturers who were painting their frogs at the time.
