Hello everyone,
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> I had been looking for an old Stanley #8 for a couple of years but I could
> not find one I could afford, or if I could aford it, it was a total piece of
> scrap. I was cruising Ebay last week and I saw one here in Canada for sale,
> it looked pretty tough, but it was all there. For $118 CDN (to my door) I
> had a real Stanley # 8, type 11 (1910-1918). In the photos, it does look > bad,
Not at all. A little surface rust, and the iron is almost history; but otherwise it looks good. Check the front of the mouth for wear. I have a T11 #5-1/2C whose iron was worn shorter than your #8's. The front of the mouth had become slightly concave from use. Not necessarily a problem in a jack but maybe troublesome in a jointer.
but it is all there, just needs a little, *ahem*, work. The blade is a
> total write off, but I already picked up a new #8 Hock for under $20.
Double gloatin' are ye?
Cheers, Mike