In a shoe box.   Hmm?    Don't wear an 8-1/2 size shoe....  Looked inside...Ah, a Rusty One!   Just the kind I like!    Not sure about that red paint though..Hmmm, looks like an  old "Knuckle cap" plane.   Seems to be a Stanley, at least it stamped on it..Yep, just a might bit rusty.   had a little chip out, too...but not a big deal.  most of the old Nickel plate was gone.    Might as well head to the Dungeon, and fire up the drill press with the wire brushes...Well, about an hour in the Dungeon, and the base looks better, and it is flat.  Brass is shiny, 98% of that red paint is gone, and the nickel plate is gone as well.   That adjuster  there even has a Patent date on it!  FEB 20 94   The base has one as well.   The arm for the lateral has three!   And has STANLEY stamped on it!  Yep, MOST of that red paint is gone, and the brass is shined up.   I even cleaned the underside of the cap.   It was a might nasty.   Still have to sharpen that "V" logo iron.    But after an hour or so of work, I'm ready for a break.    Time to do a little research on Knuckle caps ....

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Sign on pick up truck's back window..:' Save a Horse, ride a Cowboy'

 It would seem that this is  a Stanley #18, from about 1900 or so.    Stanley then changed to a four piece knuckle cap design.   The "Newest' Patent date on this plane is about 1897!    Finally!   Something older than me!   I have it sitting here beside the computer, sitting alongside a Sargent 306.   Similar planes in size.   Different capirons,  bases are a bit different.  The sargent one was sold at a Sears store, as a Craftsman Brand plane.  

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Sign on pick up truck's back window..:' Save a Horse, ride a Cowboy'

Nice find in a dog sled shoe box, eh?

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Fred
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