Vintage No.4, Type 19, smoothing plane.
by Stanley, Sheffield, England.
1948-61
Width 9 3/4" (25cm)
Height 5 1/4" (13.5cm)
Depth 2 1/2" (6.5cm)
Started in New Britain, USA, in 1843, Frederick Stanley created a small shop, to manufacture bolts, hinges, and other hardware from wrought iron. With consistent innovation and improvement, the company, then known as 'The Stanley Works', defined excellence, and so did its' products.
Used for the final stages, of making a piece of wood smooth, often used after a jack plane. The smoothing plane is used to take thin shavings off of the wood as the plane is repeatadly pushed along the surface of the piece. Achieving a finish so smooth it can feel like glass. Can also be used for other general tasks such as the trimming and fitting of parts. The smoothing plane is one of the most commonly used planes, nearly always featuring in a woodworkers tool kit. Usually has a body with a sharp blade, set at an angle of about 45 degrees with the sharp edge pertruding from a slot through the bottom of the plane in a central position. The smoothing plane has a long history dating in some form ancient Egyptian times.
Made from grey cast iron, best steel, brass, alloy and wood. This is plane is complete and comes in the original box, still wrapped in the original waxed paper and with the original label.
A very solid and substantial plane, in excellent, used condition.
Has been lightly cleaned to keep the original patina.
Aged related wear.
All items where appropriate will be sent well packaged, tracked and insured.
Where possible we will combine purchases for shipping. Total weigh approx. 0.7Kg.
