One week apart
#8
I have had trouble posting pictures here so it is a little late.

A couple of months ago I say a sign for a yard sale. My wife said I would be wasting my time but I chased it down in the country. As I was walking buy I spotted a larger plane and upon a closer look I saw it had a frog adjusting screw, which says to me, machined seats. Picking it up I saw it was a wards #7. As I was wondering who made the Montgomery Wards planes, I saw the price tag which was $2 and I stopped wondering and just kept my mouth shut and paid for it. 

   

   

   


One week later I was in western Iowa visiting my son and the wife wanted to stop at an antique store she had seen advertised in a publication. It was a really nice well kept shop and down in the basement as far back as I could go I found a couple of planes. I even had to bend way down to see them. They were priced kind of high I thought. Then I saw one back behind them. It wasn't a Stanley so they probable though it wasn't worth much. It turned out to be a Keen Kutter K 8 with a $30 price tag. Personally I think the King Kutter K series are the best bang for the buck going. The frogs interchange with the Bedrock round sides. Same plane , different casting numbers.

 Needless to say both a #7 and a #8 for a total of $32, one week apart. Things like that just don't happen to me, I am still rejoicing.

   

   

   

Thanks for rejoicing with me

Tom
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#9
And they call ME a Bandit?
Confused   Sheesh
Winkgrin
Show me a picture, I'll build a project from that
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#10
2-3 years ago,  summer was over, and I took an unplanned stop to a Flea Market around October 1.     I picked up TWO  No. 8 planes for about $20 total that day.   That day was one like none before or since !

Looking forward to your finished product!

Chris
Chris
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#11
You scored big twice!
In my neck of the woods, that would be like the discovery of gold.
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#12
Wardsmaster was made for MontyWards by Stanley.
Credo Elvem ipsum etiam vivere
Non impediti ratione cogitationis
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#13
(01-05-2021, 03:08 PM)Admiral Wrote: Wardsmaster was made for MontyWards by Stanley.

I kind of though so. It has the Stanley look to it. Thanks.

Tom
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#14
That is a huge score congrats. I hope to have a day like that some day. I did score a Stanley #5 1/4 for $20.
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