Phil Pascoe
Established Member
I've just read something about sweetheart planes and irons, so I thought I'd better have a look at mine - I'd never paid much attention before. I picked out the ones that weren't record or marples, and cleaned them off a little - all nice rosewood handles - and started with corrugated no.4, no mark on the plane - iron made in england. Next a 5 1/2, no mark on the plane, iron record. Then a no.6, corrugated - no mark on the plane iron marked stanley u.s.a. ..........and SW inside a heart! Last a no.8 -plane marked made in u.s.a. and iron marked stanley u.s.a. ..........and SW inside a heart!
Anyway, enough boasting. Just two questions - can someone tell me the approximate age of the irons? and off track a little, are marples planes well rated? I understand they were more expensive than record or stanley.
Phil.
Anyway, enough boasting. Just two questions - can someone tell me the approximate age of the irons? and off track a little, are marples planes well rated? I understand they were more expensive than record or stanley.
Phil.