Antique / Vintage & Collectible
Woodworking Planes
On this page you will
find a wide and varied selection of antique woodworking planes and other
antique tools that I am selling on consignment from several large and
diverse tool collections.
I am gong to be listing for sale various
antique and collectible tools from a variety of makers and trades on
this page that originate from those different collections of antique tools.
You will find
early
patented woodworking planes by makers such as Sargent, Millers Falls Tool Co, Winchester, Keen Kutter, Ohio
Tool, Union Tool, and many others including wooden planes. Stanley Planes will be found on the
Stanley Plane Page.
Some of these companies, Millers Falls
Tool Co., Sargent Tool Co., Union Tool Co, Ohio Tool Co. and others,
produced quality lines of woodworking planes and other tools to compete
with Stanley in the marketplace. Other famous names such as the
Simmons
Hardware Co. of Saint Louis MO, whose tools were known as Keen
Kutter
Brand, or Winchester of Gun making fame, were for the most part
merely distributors, rarely actually producing any of their own lines
of tools. They contracted or jobbed out production orders to Stanley, Sargent,
Ohio Tool or other tool makers and then marketed their famous and now
very collectible lines of tools depending solely on name
recognition, their reputations and the marketing skills of their salesmen
and distributors to make a profit and stay in the game. Simmons
Hdwe. Co. AKA Keen Kutter did it well, while the Winchester antique
tool story was not as pretty. Their foray into the world of tools
was pretty short lived, hence the relative
scarcity of many Winchester
tools except for the reproductions and freshly stamped examples that
abound today.
In addition to these well known names
there will also be offerings of early Patented
Woodworking Planes from obscure and lesser
known tool makers who also contributed
examples of "better" ideas to the range of vintage collectible
tools that are avidly collected and used today.
There will be rare and desirable patented
woodworking planes from known and recognized makers including Leonard
Bailey as well as a good sampling of quality metal woodworking planes
created by various lesser known makers like Steers, Morris, Davis
Level & Tool
Co. Worrall, Phillips, Standard Rule, and more. These planes are from the era when people like Leonard
Bailey and other entrepreneurs and inventors with the spirit of Yankee ingenuity were producing lines of woodworking tools and patented planes during
the mid to late 1800's for the American consumer and created some wonderful
collectible planes for today's collectors.
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- M.B. Tidey Patented July 4th 1854 Double Beveling Plane
- Hardt Patent Block Plane - Rare California Maker
- Knowles Type Patented Plane w/ Cut Out Sides

- c. 1860 - 1870 Mystery Jack Plane
- Mayo Patent Plow Plane w/ Cutters
- Metallic Plane Co of Auburn NY Fillister Plane
- Holly Patent Jointer Plane
- Several Different Size Worrall Patent Transitional Planes
- Fales Patent Combination Plow Bead & Molding Plane
- Siegley Combination Plow Bead & Molding Plane
- Shapleigh Diamond Edge 05C Jack Plane
- # 1 1/4 Tailed Victor Block Plane by Leonard Bailey & Co.
- Bailey Tool Co. Battleaxe Logo Block Plane
- Bailey Tool Co. # 9 Defiance Battle Axe Logo Compass Plane

- 3 Leonard Bailey "Little Victor" # 50 & 51 Block Planes
- Leonard Bailey #51 "Little Victor" Block Plane
- 1" Bullnose Shoulder / Rabbet Plane
- 9/16" Chariot Bullnose Shoulder / Rabbet Plane
- 1" Brass Preston Bullnose Rabbet Plane w/ Steel Sole
- 7/16" Brass Rabbet Plane w/ Steel Sole
- 3/4" Brass Rabbet Plane
- J. Popping 1" Brass Infill Rabbet Plane
- 1 1/4" Brass Infill Rabbet Plane
- 1 1/8" Mathieson Bullnose Brass Rabbet Plane
- 5/8" Instrument Makers Bullnose Rabbet Plane
- Bronze Squirrel Tail T Rabbet Carriage Makers Plane
- Iron Squirrel Tail T Rabbet Carriage Makers Plane
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Sargent began producing and marketing
woodworking planes in 1884 even though they had been in business for
many years prior to that
producing hardware, locks and other metal products.
During their early years they produced a line of planes that rivaled Stanley in design, quality and popularity. Later, near the end
of their plane production years, (post WWII) they made
planes for outfits like Sears / Dunlap and the quality slipped (as
did Stanley's) during these later years. Most of the planes offered
below date from the 30's or before, during the period that they produced
high quality planes for the market that have become
popular with both users and tool collectors.
Millers falls came into the woodworking plane marketplace
late in the game, but due to their reputation
and experience producing
other quality tools for many
years they had a loyal following.
Many of their planes are hard to differentiate from their Stanley counterparts
in look or quality, and most are considerably harder to find than the
Stanley version. You will not
be disappointed with them to use
or to collect.
Ohio Tool Co. was a major competitor of
Stanley and produced a
similar line of metal planes to Stanley as well. They also
produced a few unique and rare
design planes.
Union Tool co. also produced a line
of planes similar to Stanleys before being
gobbled up by them. Stanley continued to sell this line of
planes and tools as a second line
for a number of years before dropping the name and line altogether.

- Sargent 1080 Combination Plane in Original Box
- Fulton / Sargent 1080 Combination Plane
- K 5 C Keen Kutter / Simmons Hardware Corrugated Bottom Jack Plane (Bedrock 605 C)
- Keen Kutter / Simmons Hardware K 5 1/2 C Corrugated Bottom Large Jack Plane (Bedrock 605 1/2 C)
- Millers Falls 1220 Surform / Rasp Plane
- Ohio Tool Co # 0102 Block Plane
- Shapleigh Hardware Co. Diamond Edge / DE-7 22" Jointer Plane
Woodworking Planes have been known since the times of
the Pharaohs in Egypt and perhaps before. The antique wooden planes
on this page
are mostly American or English with a small sampling from
other parts of Europe
and Scandinavia.
The history of American made wooden planes begins in
New England with such famous names as C. Chelor, I. Nicholson,
I. Jones and a host of other 18th century documented wooden plane makers. There has been a lot of research done on
early American planes and their makers, and those books are still available
and worth a read.
In general wooden planes made after about 1820 or so
are considered "late" and the designation "early" is applied only to
18th century planes or those made prior to that date. Mass production
of wooden planes by tool companies such as Ohio tool, Sandusky tool,
and Auburn Tool Co began after the first quarter of the 19th century
and in the mid 1800's. Their production continued to just after
the turn of the 20th century when makers/ manufacturers either changed
to metal bodied planes or dropped out of the business all together.
In addition to the mega makers of wooden planes, there
are hundreds of smaller known and documented plane makers who were producing
countless numbers of, and different varieties of wooden planes, for use
by trades people. The amount
of information available is beyond the scope of this page, but the best
book on the subject, which is still in print, is the continuation of Pollack's
ground breaking books by Thomas Elliot.
Wooden planes
and wood molding planes can encompass a variety of forms and functions.
From transitional planes that incorporated wooden bodies and metal
fittings to plow planes and molding planes from earlier
times.
Finding early planes by known but obscure makers is a challenge
today, as the sources have all but dried up and the demand is high.
The days of 18th century planes popping up or coming out of a local
garage or barn are for all intent or purposes
are over. Even nice examples of wooden molding planes by later makers and companies
are becoming harder and harder to find. Common profiles,
like individual hollows & rounds, or simple rabbets are still readily
available and can be bought for 10.00 or less at major tool shows or
tool auctions.
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- C. E. Chelor Living in Wrentham Molding Plane - 1st Documented
Black / African American - Freed Slave Plane Maker
- Auburn Tool Co Beech Handled Plow Plane
- Rosewood & Boxwood Plow Plane
- "A. C. Bartlett Ohio Planes" by Sandusky # 119 Beech Plow Plane
- Lamb & Brownell Boxwood Plow Plane
- Auburn Tool Co. Rosewood Plow Plane
- M. Copeland Plow Plane
- Several Different Examples of Worrall Patent Multiform Planes
- Misc. Wooden Molding Planes w/ Some Nice Complex Profiles
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