GGGGG

Stanley had 2 rabbet planes, 

One, the #239 dado plane, produced 1915-1943, and altered and called a
weatherstrip plane as the #238 from 1928 to 1938

Two, the #248A called a weatherstrip plane 1936 to 1943, and altered to be a
straight plow, the #248 from 1939-1958

So one was change TO a weatherstrip and one was changed FROM a weatherstrip.
But both weatherstrip planes were made during the era when people were
retrofitting their old houses with rubber and brass strips. This was sort of my
business for over 30 years, and always thought the rubber stuff occurred after
the auto companies perfected the material (like nitrocellulose lacquer on
guitars).

Would be interesting to see if the date on that catalog from Pratt and Green is
within that late 20’s late 30’s period and if that was a re-issue of that plane.
If that catalog is really from 1865, then rubber weatherstripping is MUCH older
than I thought.

Ed Minch