VINTAGE STANLEY 9 1/2 BLOCK PLANE, NICE!
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Up auction is a beautiful little Stanley 9 1/2 block plane. In fantastic bench ready condition! It is well tuned, clean and ready to work! I got this in fairly decent condition - it looked like it hadn't been used too much. As is typical this one was dirty, a tad rusty, and had some minor paint overspray on it. The blade had a rusty streak on it where the lever cap had made contact and on the bottom side where the tilt adjuster sat and the front adjustment knob had some rust on one edge as well. The body body had a few rust spots as well that mainly discolored iron but did no damage. I cleaned up the rust and bedded the adjustable toe piece to the body. Once that was done I lapped the sole up to 800 grit - it's extremely flat with the exception of the very last 1/8" at the heel and at the very lead edge of the toe. Most importantly the sole is very flat a the mouth - which is crisp and chip free. As I mentioned earlier I believe this plane saw little actual use and what I removed in the lapping process just corrected imperfections from the factory. I estimate that the maroon japaning is at 97%+ mostly for wear at the edges and abrasion to the overall japanned surface and a couple of tiny pin pricks of paint that are too stubborn to clean up without damaging the japaning. The nickeled surfaces I would rate at 99%. The Stanely
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