Hammers And Mallets - Page 19 of 28

Made in Sheffield, England, Footprint’s smoother is a close match to the original made by Stanley. It features a three-piece lateral adjuster, a solid-brass blade-adjusting screw, and a frog-adjustment screw.

A general purpose Bailey-style plane with some modern modifications, including molded plastic handles, and a one-piece pressed steel lateral adjuster, instead of the the trademark three-piece lateral adjuster.

This plane is patterned after Stanley’s No. 164, but makes a number of improvements over the original. It features a 3/16-in.-thick A2-steel blade, cherry handles, and a body cast from ductile iron.

The Veritas plane is cast from ductile iron and trimmed with hardwood handles and knurled brass knobs. Its blade is a full 1/8 in. thick and made from A2 steel.

This skew block plane from Lie-Nielsen functions as a rabbet plane, a fillister planer, or a standard low-angle block plane.

This 18th-century-style wooden coffin smoothing plane from Clark & Williams features a beech body and 01 steel blade.

This is the latest version of the Stanley No. 60-1/2 design, with an adjustable throat and pivoting lock-lever.

The Record low-angle block plane features an adjustable throat and depth-of-cut adjuster similar to those on the Stanley.

A comfortable smoothing plane made in Germany and based on the classic Baily design.

The 3/4-in.-wide version of H.N.T. Gordon’s shoulder plane is available in four sizes ranging in width from 1/2 in. to 1-1/4 in.