Doesn't explain the maroon on a type 8 #5.  

Mike in Woodland

> Stanley called that color "cordovan." From what I can find, they were produced
from 1968 to 1981.
> 
> www.timetestedtools.net/2017/07/13/the-stanley-cordovan-era/ [1]
 

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[1] http://www.timetestedtools.net/2017/07/13/the-stanley-cordovan-era/