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From the RM web site: ‘Knives or Blades’ defined by s141A Criminal Justice Act 1988 or ‘Bladed Products’ as defined by s41 of Offensive Weapons Act 2019. Such items include, but are not limited to, any knife blade, any kitchen knife (regardless of size or design), bread knives, knives that can...

Thanks for your reply. You can clean and, if needed, flatten the sole with an abrasive paper fixed on a flat surface. (You can find plenty of videos about hand plane restoration in Youtube.) You can do the same for the plane sides or try steel wool with oil first. - There are more experienced...

PS The link is useful as well as the original information (e.g. http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/OtherTrades/CraneFoundry/Qualcast.htm) referred to in the link.

Q has been used in Stanley no. 4 planes before and during Qualcast production. In no. 5 planes QC seems to indicate Qualcast. CF most likely stands for Crane Foundry. In early planes C may indicate Chapman. Attached is a summary of casting marks on the plane bodies in my data set. Casting marks...

Thanks for the info. Yes, these old threads have a lot of valuable information.

I have started a new thread about English Stanley bench plane type study. No dating info yet, but the order of new features, such as bed ribs, is presented.

I have started a new thread on English Stanley bench plane type study.

Dating English Stanley bench planes has been discussed in many threads here. The lack of an English Stanley bench plane type study has been expressed many times. A draft, based on previous duscussions, has been presented, for example, in TimeTestedTools. My experience with planes is limited...

Hi Thanks for accepting me in the UKWorkshop. Since I retired about five years ago from academic work I have started woodworking. I have made some furniture for our home and summer cottage, like the coat rack, table and corner cabin displayed in the photos. Simple projects for a novice. From...