Gday Folks
Please forgive my starting off with a request for your services.. I joined a little while ago but with 2 very young kids I rarely find myself capable of making a full sentence.. much less holding a conversation with a bunch of tool gurus. I have however enjoyed reading through some of the great threads here in my stolen moments.
I have a very modest bunch of planes in my shop.. a good selection of bench planes, a few blocks, a small assortment of plows, a 45.. etc.
It's all just old Stanley stuff.. I try to make a rule that I will not buy a plane (or any tool for that matter) that I will not find use for, you know.. trying my best to stay off the slope
Anyhoo.. I took a punt on the US-bay a few weeks ago and had a bid on what I thought was a Vaughan and Bushnell #4 with a replacement lever cap.
I can't afford the bedrocks and I have a V&B 904 1/2 that treats me very well.. so I figured for less than $50au I'd grab myself a smoother to replace my Stanley.
Only she came in the mail today.. and I'm not convinced it a V&B.. I made my original assumption based on the fact it had "drop forged" in front of the knob. Now I have it in my hands I don't think the bed and frog are right but I have no experience with anything other than Stanleys, Sargents and my one V&B that has a frog almost identical to a friends 604 1/2.
I have taken photo's of what I hope are the important bits for ID. It is fitted with a Sargent blade and no markings on the breaker.
Lever cap has the numbers 3416 on its underside
The Frog is marked 76 on its underside
Does anyone recognize her?