i seem to remember on the old forum that one of you guys found a simple chart for dating planes.
i bought the ones pictured this weekend,they look almost new condition,,but one is marked in pre decimal price of 25 shillings and the old boy selling them claimed to have owned them for many years.
record no4
stanley no5

record

Here is a link that should help you with the stanley......

https://home.comcast.net/~stanleyplanes/planes101/typing/typing.htm

and here is another, this one makes it pretty simple.......

http://www.oldtools.org/planes/dating/

and here is a Record site (I dont know much about them though)....

http://www.record-planes.com/

But wait.... another nice David Lynch site for Records.....

http://www.recordhandplanes.com/dating.html

by the way.....   Very nice finds!!!!

Quote from: benjy on June 06, 2011, 12:18:58 PM
i seem to remember on the old forum that one of you guys found a simple chart for dating planes.
i bought the ones pictured this weekend,they look almost new condition,,but one is marked in pre decimal price of 25 shillings and the old boy selling them claimed to have owned them for many years.
record no4
stanley no5

Absolutly Beautiful Planes benjy!!!! You are a lucky man indeed. I have yet to be so lucky as to find a new looking old one! By the way, how much is 25 shillings in US dollars and cents?

Wayne

Quote from: fliffy42 on June 06, 2011, 04:33:35 PM
Here is a link that should help you with the stanley......

https://home.comcast.net/~stanleyplanes/planes101/typing/typing.htm

and here is another, this one makes it pretty simple.......

http://www.oldtools.org/planes/dating/

and here is a Record site (I dont know much about them though)....

http://www.record-planes.com/

But wait.... another nice David Lynch site for Records.....

http://www.recordhandplanes.com/dating.html

Thanks for the excellent links!

Wayne

The record looks like you just walked out of the hardware storew with it, very pretty : )

>25 shillings in US dollars

20 shillings to a pound. Pound used to float at around 1.5 US dollars...
So...about a buck 85

Someone is bucking for the Suck award....; P

Benjy- I'd say you deserve this-