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I was looking around only auction sites looking for Stanley blades but couldn’t find any good looking blades for less than I spent on my Stanley #4 so I ended up buying another Stanley #4.
For what I mean by good looking I found some really worthless ones like one for $10 that was worn down all the way down to the cap iron screw slot.
I’m going to try a Stanley blade in my HF plane just to see if it improves it (not sure why I haven’t already) and if I can get decent results might just use it as a scrub and save modifying an otherwise nice Stanley. As Brian mentioned with the Buck Bros the HF is pretty wide open throat so it shouldn’t need much in that area and if that works I guess I’ll have to keep an eye out for a replacement blade for my new (old) #4 as a spare.
On the topic of dialing in inexpensive planes I’ve seen new Stanley 12-904 pop up at a fairly good price a few times and wonder how it’d stand up keeping in mind it might take more fettling to get right than a well used old Stanley.
-Matt