Would anyone be interested in a Stanley No 51 Shooting Plane?
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Just trying to throw out some feelers to see if anyone might be interested in such a thing. It’s one of the more expensive planes out there, but I have a buddy who was talking about possibly selling his.

Does anyone know what the market rate is for them? As far as I know it is in great condition with no damage. Apparently that is rare because the frogs broke regularly.
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(12-07-2021, 05:27 PM)Yodascaretaker Wrote: Just trying to throw out some feelers to see if anyone might be interested in such a thing.  It’s one of the more expensive planes out there, but I have a buddy who was talking about possibly selling his. 

Does anyone know what the market rate is for them?  As far as I know it is in great condition with no damage.  Apparently that is rare because the frogs broke regularly.

I have seen posts here of people very happy about finding one at prices that were higher than I would have expected (yeah, I am cheap).

For a user, I would certainly be challenged to pay more for a used Stanley than a new LN or LV.

Beyond that, I will be interested in seeing what others have to say.

This thread is a little bit off-topic for SnS, but we will give it a few days here.
If it is still active Friday, I will move it to handtools to possibly get you more visibility.
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(12-07-2021, 05:43 PM)iclark Wrote: For a user, I would certainly be challenged to pay more for a used Stanley than a new LN or LV.

Beyond that, I will be interested in seeing what others have to say.

Agree.  I'd be interested as well.
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I personally would rather go for a Lie Nielsen because of the durability issues with the Stanley. Those are $595 now.

You said that you’ve heard about people paying quite a bit for them and being happy with it. What kind of price are we talking about? $700 or so? I found one for sale on Craigslist. The guy wanted $900. He was also selling a LN one. https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/tls/d/...12174.html
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(12-07-2021, 08:17 PM)Yodascaretaker Wrote: I personally would rather go for a Lie Nielsen because of the durability issues with the Stanley.  Those are $595 now.

You said that you’ve heard about people paying quite a bit for them and being happy with it.  What kind of price are we talking about?  $700 or so?  I found one for sale on Craigslist.  The guy wanted $900. He was also selling a LN one.  https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/tls/d/...12174.html

Sorry, but that level of detail did not stick in memory.
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Here are a couple of points of reference from Jim Bode's site:
https://www.jimbodetools.com/products/fl...lane-79707
https://www.jimbodetools.com/products/ex...lane-92087

That is not nearly as high as I'd expected.
It's all wood.
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