Planes are my favorite handheld woodworking tool. Planes are essential to the woodworking process (they are used to create flat surfaces on the wood), and there are so many different styles, sizes, and adjusting mechanisms that it is very easy to quickly build a plane collection. You'll find the late nineteenth century littered with the patents of failed planemakers -- all of which makes their study that much more interesting. Before the planemakers started patenting things and making things with cast iron and steel, they were busy making all sorts of wooden planes which are also quite interesting to collect. Because of their popularity, there are several reference books published about planes.

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Picture	Description	Condition	Price (US)	Click red text to order
	Standard Rule Company #36 smooth plane. Excellent condition for such a rare plane.	Fine	$800	ORDER
	Spectacular ivory plow plane. Completely unique in my experience (and I have seen alot of collections and tools). Full sized, with custom-made storage case, also extremely nice. This is a piece that would be the stunner in any collection of plow planes.	Fine	$22,000	ORDER
	One of the fantastic Laarman planes, this one a block plane with flat bottom and large curved palm rest. New in original box.	Fine	$1000	ORDER
	Wonderful set of patternmaker's planes. One body with eight soles and 8 matching irons. All contained in a nice felt rollup. Excellent condition, makes a great way to handle multiple woodworking tasks without the bulk and weight of 8 different planes. Really nice quality.	Fine	$750	ORDER
	Millers Patent #44 plane, superb condition. Best one I've seen.	Fine	$4000	ORDER
	Very scarce Metallic Plane Co. (Palmer and Stokes patent), #3 size. No example shown in either PTAMPIA book.	Good+	$1600	ORDER
	Scarce Dalpe plow plane. Dalpe was a Roxton Pond, Quebec maker and his work is difficult to locate.	Good+	$400	ORDER
	Very nice lignum vitea plane.	Good	$150	ORDER
	Very nice handled lignum vitea joiner plane. Someone has added an insert to the throat area, but it looks good.	Good	$150	ORDER
	Super rosewood smooth plane.	Good	$150	ORDER
	Scarce and hard to find Ohio O8 jointer plane. Topside in very nice condition, bottom has some scratches but overall very usuable and clean.	Good	$200	ORDER
	Scarce Kimberly patent plow plane, original red paint on cast iron parts, metal screw.	Good+	$700	ORDER
	Vineland Gage type 1, number 1 plane. Very rare.	Good+	$1500	ORDER
	Wonderful Erlandson miter plane, stamped #5 and with the Erlandson name on the toe. 8-1/2 inches long.	Good+	$2000	ORDER
	Stanley #110 type 2 block plane, rare and wonderful!	Good+.	$1150	ORDER
	Early, rare, and excellent Mathieson triple-iron moulding plane. Early script name stamp. Triple iron planes are very hard to find, and this one is from one of the earliest Scottish makers, a famous name with a famous pedigree.	Good++.	$1500	ORDER