Antique & Vintage
Collectible Woodworking Planes

On this antique woodworking plane sales 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.  One of these antique tool collections was begun as far back as the 60's. 

I am gong to be listing for sale various antique and collectible tools from a variety of makers and trades on this and the other antique tool pages that originate from these tool collections of antique tools. 

Early patented woodworking planes & vintage planes by makers such as  Stanley, Sargent, Millers Falls Tool Co, Winchester, Keen Kutter, Ohio Tool, Union Tool, and others including wooden planes will be found on the Misc Plane Sale Page, while Stanley Planes will be found on the Stanley Plane Page.

Some of these companies, Millers Falls Tool Co., Sargent Tool Co., Union Tool Co, and 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, but rather jobbed out production orders to Stanley, Sargent, Ohio Tool or other  makers and then marketed their famous and now very collectible line of tools depending solely on their reputation 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 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 Tool Co. and more.  These planes are from the era when people like Leonard Bailey and other entrepreneurs 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. 

Patented & Metallic Woodworking Planes

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• Hardt of Yuba City California 1893 Patent  Smooth Plane
  
  
• Unusual Brass "Dental Plane"
  
  
• Patented Knowles Type Infill Jointer Plane
  
  
• Palmer Storkes Patent Smooth Plane
  
  
• Set of 15 Double End Walker Patent Cutters
  
  
• Norris A5 Closed Handle Coffin Shape Adjustable Smooth Plane
  
  
• Spiers Walnut Infill Jack Size Plane 
  
  

Misc Metal & Wood Bodied Planes

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• Bridge Tool Co #6 C Fore Plane
  
  
• Siegley # 5C Jack Plane
  
  
• 18" Long Aluminum  Jointer / Fore  Plane
  
  
• Bronze / Gunmetal Rabbet 1" Shoulder Plane
  
  
• DE Diamond Edge #6 Size Plane
  
  
• Small Double Ended Block Plane
  
  
• #78 Duplex Rabbit Marked Craftsman 
  
  
• Small Coffin Shaped Wooden Pattern Makers Plane 
  
  
• 8 Small Wooden Pattern Makers Planes with Different Radius Soles
  
  
• Larger Coffin Shaped Wooden Pattern Makers Plane
  
  
• Simplex Pattern Makers Plane
  
  
• Cast Gunmetal Pattern Makers Plane
  
  
• Early Cast Iron Pattern Makers Plane w/ 12 Bottoms and Cutters
  
  
• Pattern Makers Plane based on Stanley #3 body with 8 Bottoms and Cutters
  
  

Sargent Woodworking Planes

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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 and 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 their most famous and high quality planes for the market that have become popular with both users and tool collectors.

• #1508 Sargent Lady Bug Rabbit Plane
  
  
• Sargent # 79 (78)  Duplex Rabbit  Plane
  
  
• Sargent # 711 Autoset Plane
  
  
• # 1080 Sargent Combination Plane made for Sears
  
  

Millers Falls / Ohio Tool Co. & Union Planes

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Millers falls came into the woodworking plane marketplace late in the game, but due to their reputation and experience producing other lines of quality tools that they had been making in Mass for many years they had a loyal following for this new line from the beginning.  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 as a few unique designs of their own. 

Union Tool co. also produced a similar line and were gobbled up by Stanley who continued to sell this line as a second line for a number of years. 

• Ohio Large 05 1/2 Jack Plane
  
  
• Ohio 07  Jointer Plane
  
  
• Nice 08 Jointer Plane by Ohio Tool Co.
  
  
• Union #41 T & G  Plane
  
  
• Millers Fall #67 (71) Router Plane
  
  
• Millers Falls #11 Junior Jack Plane

Keen Kutter / Simmons Hardware Co.  Planes

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• K 3  Keen Kutter (Bedrock 603) Smooth Plane
  
  
• Simmons Hardware Keen Kutter K #113 Compass Plane
  
  
• Keen Kutter KK 5C Jack Plane by Ohio Tool Co.
  
  
• Keen Kutter KK  5 1/2 C Large Jack Plane
  
  
• Keen Kutter KK  5  C Jack Plane by Ohio Tool Co
  
  
• Simmons Hardware Keen Kutter K K # 7 Fore Plane 
  
  
• Simmons Hardware Keen Kutter K K #8 Jointer Plane

Transitional Planes by Stanley & Others

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• #122 Liberty Bell Transitional Plane
  
  Stanley #21 Transitional Smooth Plane
  
  Union #21 Smooth Plane
  
  Stanley #32 Jointer Plane
  
  Sargent Jointer Plane
  
  Union X-36 Transitional Plane
  
  Stanley #36 Transitional Plane    

Antique & Collectible
Wooden & Molding Planes

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 well known, documented, pioneering 18th century 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 plane makers known and documented who were producing countless numbers of, and different varieties of wooden planes for use by  trades people all over the country.  Again 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 which have been further improved upon by Thomas Elliot and are still in publication

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 and keeping rare or 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 if you have the need.

American & European Plow Planes

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• Sandusky Handled Center Wheel "Self Regulating"  Boxwood Plow Plane
  
  
• Handled Skew Rabbit  Plow Plane
  
  
• Handled Sandusky Beech Plow Plane w/ Boxwood Nuts
  
  
• Casey Un-Handled Boxwood Plow Plane
  
  
• German or Scandinavian Plow Plane
  
  
• Book Binders Plough Plane     SOLD!!

Wooden Molding Planes

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• Large & Wide Japanese Smoothing Plane
  
  
• 30 Or More Hollows & Rounds
  
  
• Baldwin 5/8" Complex Profile Molding Plane
  
  
• Greenfield Molding  Plane
  
  
• Seybold Molding Plane
  
  
• Wooden T Rabbit Plane
  
  
• Fox & Washburn Molding Plane
  
  
• Misc Molding Planes some Nice Complex Molds

Barrel Making & Coopers Tools / Planes & Scrapers

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• 4 Patented C. F. Close Metal  Cooper's Barrel Making Planes
  
  
• Wooden Two Handled Coopers Scraper Plane
  
  
• Large Wooden Coopers Dado Plane
  

Jointer Plane Fences & Accessories

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• Aux.  Fences for Jointer Planes
  
  
• Millers Fall Extra Long,
  
  
• Sterns,
  
  
• Adams

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