uncommon circa 1937 6" Stanley Victor No 1283 try & miter square pre Handy grip

Description: You are bidding on one interesting Stanley Victor Number 1283 try and miter square as pictured.These typically are not marked at all, and this one is indeed not marked. Please see the square on the top of page 601 in John Walter's book Antique & Collectible Stanley Tools. He refers to an obscure Victor catalog where it was depicted, circa 1937, and apparently it was depicted only in a 7-1/2" size.The blade length on this square is 6", measured from the far end of the blade to the far side of the handle. It is graduated in 8ths and the inches are numbered on both sides of the blade.The blade is steel, not blued, the trim around the handle and the two distinctive triangular areas are brass, and the wood is rosewood. This is the only one of these that I have seen that does NOT have the Handy grips (recesses) in the handle, and the only one of these that I have seen that does NOT have a blued blade. This must be the earliest production of these, perhaps the first production run? Condition is fair to good to very good, depending on where you are looking. The rosewood is very good on one side, has some dark areas that might be solved with a cleaning on the opposite side, and has some dings in the corners. The brass is good to very good, with some light tarnish, some light wear along the sharp corners, and one dent in the angled corner at about the 5-1/2" mark on the blade. The blade has some scattered pitting, more on the side shown in the first picture, and some roughness along the graduated edge. The blade has an ever so slight bow if you sight down the upper edge. Not one you see very often, and easily the least common of several variations of this square that I am listing! SHIPPING: Under 1 pound, shipped in a padded envelope, insurance is included. No International shipping. I sell what I enjoy, and I collect antique woodworking tools and I enjoy photography! The queue is overflowing with tools right now, as they seem to be finding me faster than I can list them. So please keep watching my postings as I have LOTS more to list! Searching my listings: I have lots to see! Some of you will undoubtedly enjoy browsing through everything, but if you want to hone in on something specific, I suggest you click on the "Visit Store" link in Seller Information section in the upper right of this listing. That will lead you to my extensive system of categories. How to subscribe to my eBay newsletter? Every Friday eBay sends out my newsletter featuring 10 of my most interesting new listings. To subscribe, click the VISIT STORE to go to my eBay store and then click on the heart symbol that is labeled SAVE SELLER. That will automatically get you on the mailing list for the newsletters. They are free, and you can unsubscribe at any time. ETHICS IN DESCRIPTIONS: I also buy for my collecting on eBay, and I have been burned too many times by misleading (duh did I forget to mention .......) descriptions, and auctions with pictures only of the left side because the right side was trashed. Life is much simpler for me if I disclose what I know or see about an item before you bid, and especially before you receive it in the mail. I come from the handshake school of doing business, and hopefully you are like me and understand what that means. What goes around, comes around.RETURN POLICY: I believe that if you give honest descriptions, and include enough pictures, you shouldn't need a return policy. However, that doesn't mean that I won't make an occasional mistake. Please bid with the assurance that if I have made an error in my listing, I WILL take care of you. And if you have made an error, and bought the wrong size, for example, I will still take care of you (but I’ll let you pay the return shipping!).USPS POSTAGE RATE INCREASES: I use the Post Office for everything, and yes, the shipping charges just keep going up and up. The Post Office now has several prices increases during each year, raising a few things but not everything at each increase. And they now raise their rates during the Holidays, which means early October to late January. Their big increases are in January, timed to start at the end of the Holiday rates, and this year is no exception. And it's not just the postage rates, the insurance charges and the delivery signature charges have also gone up. There is now a surcharge for Priority Mail packages over 20" long, and another for Priority Mail packages over 30" long, because those longer packages won't fit in their automatic machines. And the Post Office has discontinued the Regional Flat Rate boxes, which were often less expensive for certain sizes and weights. I try to pick the best shipping option for each listing, based both on what is the least expensive and on what I think is needed to protect the item. If the value is $250 or over, eBay requires your signature at delivery for the buyer and seller protections to be in effect.SALES TAX: Interstate sales tax is now the reality on all the major selling websites including eBay. If I ship to a state where eBay is required to collect sales tax, eBay will charge you the sales tax for your location. There is lots of information available from eBay that explains it in much more detail. The sales tax is completely out of my hands -- I don't have anything to do with deciding whether to charge tax, I don't have anything to do with deciding the tax rate, and I never see any of the funds that are collected, they go directly to eBay.SELLING OUTSIDE OF EBAY: Why would I risk my lengthy good standing with eBay to save you a couple of dollars? Especially when you ask on an email that is sent through the eBay email system? Please don't ask, the answer is no.INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: I no longer ship Internationally other than Canada. If you are in Canada, ask for what the shipping would cost, but be prepared for it to be $$$$$. AUCTIONS: I won’t end an auction listing early to sell it to you directly. As a bidder, I really dislike going back at the end of an auction to bid, only to discover that the seller had ended the auction early. So I won’t do that for you, or to you.PACKAGING: Please check my feedback -- I package well. I figure if you take the time to purchase from me, then I can take the time to package it well, and not just throw it into a cereal box with a scrap of newspaper.I hope someday I will meet some of you as we trudge the happy road of tool collecting!

Price: 65 USD

Location: Kenmore, Washington

End Time: 2025-01-12T15:44:41.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6 USD