GGs,

My grandfather was a general contractor and a finish carpenter in middle
Tennessee.  When he passed away, my brother, father and I took some of his
tools (before I was into woodworking) and later on I acquired other tools
of his (Stanley #7 jointer, a Millers Falls smoother, a very old Stanley
113 compass plane and others).

I was visiting my parents in Tennessee a few weeks ago and we were having
breakfast with my cousin who is a retired high school shop teacher and he
told me to come over to his shop as he was starting to downsize and wanted
me to have my grandfather's tools that my grandmother had given to him.  He
had a Stanley miter box, a few 1950s Disston handsaws, some random bits and
pieces in a toolbox, a few block planes, chisels, etc.  I was flying home
and it was a quick trip, so most of the stuff is still sitting in my
parent's garage.  The two things I did bring back were a small tube of
North Bros. Yankee push drill fluted bits (NIB) and a Stanley 92 shoulder
plane.

I ended up with a Made in England Stanley 92 maybe 8 years ago as I had a
gift certificate from somewhere and this was the only tool available that I
really wanted.

So now I have two Stanley 92s.  I took a picture of them side by side.
They look roughly the same, although the casting is rougher on the newer
one and the placement of the "92" moved from the nose to further up on the
top.

http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10113/stanley_92
_comparison.jpg">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10113/st
anley_92_comparison.jpg

I am trying to figure out a rough date for my grandfather's 92.  I think it
is unlikely that he bought it any later than 1970, but I could be wrong
about that.  Are there any type studies out there?  Any hints or clues
would be appreciated.

Brian