Thread: Dating Stanley No. 50 combination plane

The rosewood handle indicates it was made somewhere between 1942 and 1962. It will obviously be worth more if it is complete with all the cutters...likely 17 in number. -w

This may help narrow it down.

Toby

If you can post photos of the moulding planes, we can speculate at their worth and condition.

You will usually get a better result the better informed you are.

Cheers,
Paul

These are completed listings, to give you an idea of what others have sold for.

Toby

Hans Brunner gives an average value of $150.00. Click on "Intro" to understand his pricing.

Toby

Originally Posted by pmcgee

If you can post photos of the moulding planes, we can speculate at their worth and condition.

You will usually get a better result the better informed you are.

Cheers,
Paul

The planes used to belong to Michael's granddad and great granddad. Michael is 73 so some of them must date back to the mid to late 1800's

Some have makers names stamped on the end. Sadly some have woodworm so I have helped him separate them out and treated them. Any help on pricing these would be apprecieted.

The value of the no. 50 depends largely upon whether it has all the parts.

The most frequently missing parts are the small screw that is used to clamp very narrow blades; the screw that adjusts the skate; and the "chip deflector" screw.

It's very difficult to describe in words what these look like, but type "Stanley Blood and Gore" into Google and you'll come up with an excellent website that lists all the different Stanley planes. The entry on the no. 50 provides photographs of these parts.

The overall condition of the plane (plating remaining, rust etc) will obviously also make a difference.

I have recently been on the market for one of these on eBay, and own a few myself. I recently paid $80 including postage for a good condition plane missing all three of those parts (which I consider to be on the high side); I've seen a plane with all parts sell for $100-120, and one in perfect condition with extra blades for $150.

One final consideration that may increase that value is the age of the plane. I can't quite see whether there is a timber insert in the handle in the photograph; if so, it is a later model, and perhaps worth less.

Dealer values (e.g. the Tool Exchange or Hans Brunner) are generally significantly higher than eBay prices, which of course represents their overheads and the guarantee of getting something decent.

Hey Eddie,
I already linked him to the Stanley Blood and Gore page on the No 50.
keithh44 said in his opening post that it has a Rosewood handle.
And I linked him to Hans Brunner's website, and told him to Click on "Intro" to understand his pricing.
Sorry.

Toby