Stanley bench planes - a question about later Made in England types

[orraloon]

Maybe the blade was taken out and used as a wide chisel with a steel hammer to make the mushroomed tops? It doesn't make sense otherwise.

That was done quite a lot usually when fitting hinges. I have seen tradesmen do it. My old man included. Was a extra wide chisel and marking knife all in one.
Regards
John

[IanW]

That was done quite a lot usually when fitting hinges. I have seen tradesmen do it. My old man included. Was a extra wide chisel and marking knife all in one.
Regards
John

Well there y'go. I haven't seen it done by any of the old chippies I knew, but it would certainly explain why it's so common to find these swaged blades on screw-adjusted planes....

Cheers,

[orraloon]

In my dad's case he kept an old plane iron in his tool bag just for those kind of jobs. He did look after his planes. I still have his stanley 4 and 5 1/2.
Regards
John