I've asked this one once before, but didn't get an answer (someone, somewhere, must have an opinion!) - how do marples planes and irons compare to Record and Stanley? I know they tended to be more expensive, but was that in any way justified?
jimi43":367new15 said:I think for planes the order of quality is:
Old Stanley USA...
Old Records
Anchor (Sweden)
Records up to 70s
Stanleys up to 70s
Marples/WS/Acorn
Rapier
New rubbish any brand
jimi43":2rtx9om9 said:I think for planes the order of quality is:
Old Stanley USA...
Old Records
Anchor (Sweden)
Records up to 70s
Stanleys up to 70s
Marples/WS/Acorn
Rapier
New rubbish any brand
This is just my opinion based on the examples that have passed through my hands/ workshop over the years obtained from bootfairs.
The biggest surprise for me was the Anchor...the Swedish one I got recently. I didn't fettle it at all..just sharpened the Swedish steel...used it and haven't put it down as a fast stock removing jack since! It's a wonderful plane!
woodbrains":2ktqb23j said:Hello,
Marples also made a smoother with adjustable mouth. It had some things in common with Veritas smoothers and I'll bet Veritas designers had a look at this model when they developed the design. It had a fixed frog and a plate in front of the mouth that could be move fore and aft and then locked with a couple of screws. The tote was a loop handle that joined the frog at the top, like the aforementioned Veritas. They dated from the '50s and were innovative and different then the usual Bailey style planes. Probably should have caught on, but didn't. Cannot confirm the quality of these as never owned one, but I do know that Robert Ingham uses one.
Vann":2xzwp7mq said:Marples planes (from Marples 1959 catalogue)
I don't own the catalogue The seller wanted more money than I had available at the time, but he posted over a dozen pages and I copied most of them to my PC.bugbear":1m1wltb2 said:NIce catalogue!
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