09-02-2015, 10:33 PM
Its not a lot but OK for $7. A Miller's Falls wood carving set in original box, Buck Brothers curved carving tool, a chisel marked "Robert Duke" "cast steel" and a couple block planes, a Stanley 60 1/2 parts plane, not shown (made a whole plane out of another 60 1/2 I had), and the prize, a P & C version of the 60 1/2 dated 1945. I had never heard of P&C planes; this one I'm almost certain was made by Millers Falls.
What is interesting to me is that the P & C block plane seems to be superior to my Stanley 60 1/2 which has been my favorite block plane. The P & C has a heavy casting (obvious in the second picture, P&C on the right) and if you look at the second picture you can see that the machined area where the iron rests is almost four times as large as the Stanley (on the left). Only downside is that the Hock iron in my Stanley will not fit the P & C.
I had read here that some of the Millers Falls planes were thought to be superior to their Stanley counterpart, in this case that appears to be true.
Are there many P & C planes out there? They may be more common out here in the west as P & C was located in Oregon. I'd never come across one before.
What is interesting to me is that the P & C block plane seems to be superior to my Stanley 60 1/2 which has been my favorite block plane. The P & C has a heavy casting (obvious in the second picture, P&C on the right) and if you look at the second picture you can see that the machined area where the iron rests is almost four times as large as the Stanley (on the left). Only downside is that the Hock iron in my Stanley will not fit the P & C.
I had read here that some of the Millers Falls planes were thought to be superior to their Stanley counterpart, in this case that appears to be true.
Are there many P & C planes out there? They may be more common out here in the west as P & C was located in Oregon. I'd never come across one before.