Block Plane

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More Rosewood Buttons on Lever Caps

In my last blog post I talked about two Stanley block planes with rosewood buttons on their knuckle joint lever caps. In this post I'm...

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Rosewood Buttons on Lever Caps

By the 1890's, Stanley Rule & Level Company had become an industrial juggernaut. They proudly boasted in their pocket catalogs that they...

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Justus Traut's Bull-Nose Plane

Before I tell you about it, let's put this bull-nose plane from the Stanley Model Shop in its proper historical context by delving a bit...

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From the Stanley Model Shop, Installment #2, A Round Bottom Block Plane

Many of the tools from the Stanley Rule & Level Company Model Shop are marked with a number placed on the tool with white paint. This...

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