First of all, I would like to thank a fellow member on Routerforum.com for giving me the opportunity to acquire this beauty and give it a new home! He purchased this plane, new, a couple of decades ago and never used it.

There are probably many of you who don't know, that, I like using hand planes. I find and refurbish them, and I have rescued dozens from garage sales and flea markets.

I have several boxes of cleaned up and still in the rough planes, but the one that has consistently eluded me was a #7 (and a #8 if one ever will present itself). Most of the ones, that I found, were rusted, beat-up junk that were overpriced.

When the member offered a NIB #7C, I knew that I couldn't pass it up. Well, it arrived on my doorstep today, well pack, and calling to me to let it out of the box.

Well, I thought that I would share this beauty with the forum. So, without further ado, meet my brand new Stanley Bailey #7C (corrugated sole) plane.

 

So, where does this hunk of iron fit in? Well some pictures of its new home.

You'll notice the empty spots that were made just for a #7 and maybe one day a #8.

From right to left #3, #4, #5-1/4, #5C, #6, and now a #7C, two molding planes, a ca. 1840 wood plane, and finally my ca. 1880 Keen Kutter wood plane. These are all of my "user" planes. I have several others that I use, but these are my go to ones.

 

Hope you guys enjoyed this.

 

Bill

 

 

Edited August 27, 20169 yr by schnewj

Nice finds!   

 

Happen to have a pair of Stanley No. 7c, Type 9 in the shop.     They "split time"  with an Ohio Tool Co. No. 0-7.     The 0-7 had a badly pitted sole...almost making it a  0-7c....

Seems to do...ok...

Really nice fine Bill! Wow.

So brand new paint, corrugated, and just absolutely beautiful. Have you tried it out yet? Heck, it probably has not even had it's baptismal honing yet has it?

DUDE!!!!

Gotta love those old Stanleys.

Very nice and NIB just makes it that much better. Way to go.

Wow!  Brand new in the box.  A once in a lifetime find.  You have to be loving it.

That really was a find!

Thanks, it found me, I didn't find it!

On ‎8‎/‎29‎/‎2016 at 2:42 PM, schnewj said:

Thanks, it found me, I didn't find it!

Are you collecting all of them.  There is a 5 1/2.

 

1 hour ago, HandyDan said:

Are you collecting all of them.  There is a 5 1/2.

 

What, collecting, bite your tongue, Dan! Every one of those planes are USERS.

Edited August 30, 20169 yr by schnewj

On ‎8‎/‎30‎/‎2016 at 6:42 PM, schnewj said:

What, collecting, bite your tongue, Dan! Every one of those planes are USERS.

Was at a garage sale today and thought of this thread.  Guy had a 5 and a 7 but those you have.  Are you interested in the 5 1/2.  I rescued it 20 years ago.  Guy I knew was going to scrap it.  Has the corrugated sole.