Ok picked up two block planes yesterday. One looks like Stanley made a 9-1/2 for Great Neck Tool co. Only marking is the words GREAT NECK cast into the nose on the base.
now, about that other block plane. Base is 6-1/2 " long, and is just a hair under 2" wide. Some things point to an American Boy style of plane, somethings don't . SDC15746.jpgan exploded view of the cleaned up plane. Knob is a fancy one. opening in the cap iron is strange. SDC15743.jpg(before the clean-up) note the adjuster wheel. Flat piece of steel with lobes sticking out. Base casting does have a few markings on it. Instead of raised letters for Made in USA, they are incised into the iron. Dead center on the ramp the iron sits on is a "3". Behind it is a "U" inside a circle. Behind that is a "11" inside a circle. No markings on the iron. The cap iron, does have a "12" and a "U" stamped into it. Ring any bells out there??
Unrelated to this plane, but checking out the other one, looking for markingsSDC15748.jpg check out the ramp area on this GN clone of a Stanley 9-1/2. Looks like a block letter "C" with the back towards the opening of the mouth. Ever see one like that? total cost of these two was $8....