They were still making them in blue into the late 1960s. Maroon came
after that. In my experience, the blue planes were okay. But I had one
maroon plane with an aluminum frog where I just could not stop the
corrosion. Finally in frustration, I disassembled the plane, threw the
frog out, and used the main casting as a sacrificial anode in my zap
tank, where it is still slowly dissolving to this day. 

You might be interested in this.
https://hyperkitten.com/tools/stanley_bench_plane/type_study.php

YMMV. And I can't argue with results. If it works for you, then it
works. Period. 

Gary Katsanis
Albion New York, USA

	-----------------------------------------From: "Kenneth Stagg" 
To: branson2@s...
Cc: "Don Schwartz", "old tools list"
Sent: Sunday June 30 2024 8:40:57PM
Subject: Re: [oldtools] Stanley maroon?

 Mike,

 They did, though I'm not sure of the time frame. My #5 1/4 is maroon.
The
 tote has some sharp edges rather than being smoothly rounded. I think
this
 was probably sometime post WWII, possibly well after the war.

 -Ken

 On Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at 5:37 PM Michael Blair via groups.io  wrote:

 > A number of years ago I picked up a Stanley type 8 at nearly no
money.
 > Good plane! But where all my other Stanley planed are Japanned
black,
 > this plane was maroon. Now I find a Stanley 220 block plane, also
 > maroon.
 >
 > Did Stanley use maroon at some time rather than black?
 >
 > Mike in Woodland
 >
 >
 >

 



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