Record No 5½

[DomP]

I'm trying to decide on a few vintage Record planes, what are people's opinions on the importance of Stay Set and the Crucible steel blades?

 

[johnnyb]

Crucible steel blades are good. Stay set are OK but not an essential. Some have rosewood handles and I would want those.

 

[DomP]

Thanks Johnny, that helps except the one with stay set has a normal blade but good rosewood handles

 

[Trafalgar]

Stay-set, plus crucible cast cutter, plus solid frog, plus rosewood ---- best Record ever made.

 

[DomP]

Finding all four seems to be difficult, I found a no5 with solid frog, stay set and rosewood handles.

 

[1275gt]

I also have a record stay set. Out of the four requirements mentioned I would ditch the stay set. It's nice just not a deal breaker and commands higher prices.

 

[Steve H01]

Clico and Record (CS88 with the casting fault behind the mouth scraped out) SS here, would opt for SS over RW handles. For irons, the thin laminated CS iron is a dream, otherwise I do like the heavy pre-Garlick O1 from Clico (Mike must be turning in his grave)

 

[AJBaker]

If you're looking on ebay be sure to also search for No5 planes. The more expensive No5 1/2 sometimes get mislabled in the description and you can sometimes get a great price.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Beech handles are fine, and they're probably less likely to crack than rosewood.