For the less common Stanleys (the #10 family, #2 etc.) how much
does a repaired break affect its value ? A large proportion of the
#10s in particular show the classic broken mouth with a braze or weld
to at least one side.

I've just been trying to put a value on a #2C Sweetheart with brazing
to both sides of the mouth. Now that's a valuable little plane, even
as a "user" grade tool

In similar vein, how about English infills that have suffered shrunken
infill blocks, unsupported sides and the resultant lengthways sole
cracks ? Again it's not a hard repair, but you have to take the cross
pins out to dismantle it and they don't easily (shouldn't ?) go back
without leaving a visible repair.

Andy Dingley wrote in
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For the less common Stanleys (the #10 family, #2 etc.) how much
does a repaired break affect its value ? A large proportion of the
#10s in particular show the classic broken mouth with a braze or weld
to at least one side.

I've just been trying to put a value on a #2C Sweetheart with brazing
to both sides of the mouth. Now that's a valuable little plane, even
as a "user" grade tool

In similar vein, how about English infills that have suffered shrunken
infill blocks, unsupported sides and the resultant lengthways sole
cracks ? Again it's not a hard repair, but you have to take the cross
pins out to dismantle it and they don't easily (shouldn't ?) go back
without leaving a visible repair.


I have no answer, except to point you to a potential resource.

There are a whole bunch of folks at www.woodcentral.com, in the hand tools
forum, who might be able to offer an opinion. Some of them hang out here,
too, or used to. And you can post a picture or two, if you have one.

Patriarch,
thinking a #2 might be a nice addition to the tool shelf, IF he were a
collector...