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 #14 1950 1951 RARE Vintage Stanley TWO TONE No OH5 NO 5 Wood Plane

 Original era plane, super clean, in good condition

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 This plane is a rare Stanley NO OH5 TWO TONE SERIES wood plane with the maroon sole and yellow chip breaker made for the 1950 or 1951 national Hardware Week Promotion.

 Resources: Stanley made several wood planes in the two tone series planes for the 1940 National Hardware Week promotions. With several different color patterns, as OH4 Blue Bottom-Yellow Frog, Ivory Bottom-Chinese Red Frog, OH5 Maroon Bottom-Yellow Frog,
OH20 Black Bottom-Yellow Lever with the wood stained in light brown.

Another series run was introduced in 1941 for the National Hardware Week Promotion, but again colors were changed as: OH4 Gray Bottom-Blue frog, Gray Bottom-Red Frog, OH5 Gray Bottom-Red Frog, OH20 Gray Bottom-Red Lever, Gray Bottom-Blue Lever. The TWO TONE plane series on May 13th, 1941 was permanently discontinued.

Then again near 10 years the two tone version was re-introduced. In August of 1949 the OK was given to make some up for the 1950 Hardware Promotion week. In December 1950 this was done again for the 1951 Hardware Week. The 1950 and 1951 show the parts were again different colors, for 1950 the colors were: OH4 Blue Bottom-Yellow Frog, OH5 Maroon Bottom—Yellow Frog, OH20 Black bottom—Yellow Lever. For 1951 the colors were: OH4 and OH5 Maroon Bottom Yellow Frog, OH20 Maroon Bottom-Yellow Lever, handles and knobs imitation Mahogany

For dating: I am not sure if this plane was made for the 1950 or the 1951 show, since it has the maroon sole and the yellow chip breaker was used for both shows.

The plane is 14" long and has a 2 3/8" wide base, the blade is 2" wide and 7 7/16” long. The blade depth adjuster knob is approx. 1" diameter.

  The plane is in good condition for the era, was lightly cleaned,… shows lightly used,…… the wood is solid,….but has some rubs and scratches and some finish chipping off,…. ….. the japanning is near 100% intact-has a few spots missing and chips……. The blade is sharp----I touched it up a little needs a fine honing,…..as with the vintage of the plane there is some normal use wear, some scuffs and scratches and some discoloration, all as noted from the photos.

 The plane is SOLD AS IS with NO RESERVE. e-mail questions before bidding.