Jim

As has been said, yours is a Stanley “four square” smooth plane.  They made a
whole homeowner line from 1923 - 1930, everything from planes, to crowbars, to
file handles, to hatchets, to wooden folding rules. These appear to be the same
tools as their regular line with no scrimping on the quality of the steel or
castings, but the planes had a cheaper lever cap and some had “hardwood” handles
instead of rosewood.  Some of those early ones are worth some denari.

Later in the 50’s they re-introduced the line along with their Victor and
Defiance lines.  These were quite a bit cheaper and this appears to be what you
have.  I don’t know the value of these.

Here are 2 items from the 20’s:

https://www.flickr
.com/photos/ruby1638/15468143699/


Ed Minch




On Oct 28, 2014, at 7:04 PM, JAMES THOMPSON  wrote:

> The cap iron has 4 square indentations which are painted red. Who made that?