These planes are manufactured under the US Patent: 746,285 by John W. Carlton – New Britain, CT and George E. Trask – New Britain, CT […]
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Sargent Shaw Patent Planes
More info in my book The Shaw patent was a design put out similar to the Bedrock. It’s got a frog design that allows the […]
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Stanley Type 1 & 2 #13
I’d like to thank an email with further and better information. Note this early and rare plane has it’s sole made from a single piece […]
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A Union #3 with the Mosher Patent lateral
I recently purchased a Union #3. The interesting part of this plane is it is a Union plane with the Mosher Patent lateral. Back on […]
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A Stanley #45 resurrected.
“What in the world was I thinkin”? My $7 #45 came, but man was it rusty. This will be the first restore I’ve done that […]
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My Transitional Planes
Transitional Planes I’ve been trying to force myself to catalog my plane collection. So if you don’t mind following along, I’ll try to post a […]
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The #5 1/4 Story.
Many think the #5 1/4 was a Stanley invention. Stanley was not the first to make a #5 1/4 bench plane. They did change its […]
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Edwin Hahn Planes & History
Edwin Hahn is one of the Wilkes-Barre PA plane makers. John Rumpf wrote an excellent book on the subject titled Plane Makers of Wikes-Barre, Pennsylvania: […]
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The Elusive 6408 Sargent
You can find this plane on page 42 of my book! To a Sargent collector, the Sargent 6408 plane is one of the more sought […]
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The Victor Planes By Stanley
It’s fairly common knowledge the relationship between Stanley Rule And level Company and Leonard Bailey was a bit rocky throughout their time. There was numerous […]
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