Hi,
I was looking for an anvil on craigslist and found a guy that had several for sale. When we got there he was around back in an out building. The anvils were right in the front of the shop and I ended up buying a 60 lb. Southern Cresent anvil built about 1920 in Chattanooga,TN. After that transaction I got to looking around his crowded dimly lit space and realized he had the largest collection of old hand planes I have ever seen. Most were Stanley but he had others,too. After much looking I bought this no. 4 for $25.00. I am new to hand planes and very new to old planes. I hope to be able to clean it up and make a user out of it. How did I do picking one out? I thought for $25.00 I couldn't go wrong.
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Bill