isn't that the stanley "4-square" line?  their "student" line, from the
middle of the last century, iirc.

best,
bill
felton, ca

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 4:04 PM, JAMES THOMPSON  wrote:

> When I sent the pictures this morning I meant to ask what anyone knew
> about yjhe #4 size smoother. It is marked No. 4, and made in USA, but no
> maker's mark. The cap iron has 4 square indentations which are painted red.
> Who made that? I managed to clean up some of the tools yesterday. The plumb
> bobs had turned black, but are now bright.
>
> In another picture there is a mess of long auger bits measuring 18" in
> lemngth. The strange part, to me at least, is that all of them are either
> 11 or 13. There must be a reason why we find so many of these, and so few
> of other sizes. There was also one 3/4" auger bit which is a full 24" long.
> I don't see many of those.
>
> There were 3 different sizes of adjustable wrenches, all good american
> brands. There were two brass plumb bobs, one 12 ounces, the other 24
> ounces. Both are excellent, and the smaller one is marked K&E. The larger
> is unmarked, but is obviously an excellent tool. There is a pile of blades
> for different planes, one a heavy laminated blade. There is a 130A, there
> are 3 nice block planes, there is a Starrett marking gauge, and a Starrett
> 12" cast iron level, which is VERY nice. AND there are 2 bronze shaves, one
> of which appears to be for planing the sides of sliding dovetails, and the
> other bronze shave appears to want to slide in a groove with a flat bottom.
> Then there is the orange painted vise grip. I have no clue why it is
> orange. Oh, and the long auger bits came in a PLUMB tool box which will
> clean up to be useable. Not a bad haul for
>
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