Plane ownership poll

[Michael Gibbons]

O.K. Since we recently had a few heated discussions on planes, what companies planes make up the Majority of your collections?

Since I started this thread,I'll go first.

5 Lie-Nielsen
1 Stanley
1 sargent
1 no-name

[Pedro Reyes]

Roughly:

Old Stanleys (< type14): 65%
Antique/Wood: 17%
Lie Nielsen: 9%
Lee Valley: 7%
Record: 2%

/p

[Brian Blackburn]

Most of mine are Millers Falls. Can't vote you left out lots of classic Brands.

[gary Zimmel]

Pretty much all LN.

[Steve Hamlin]

Mostly Clico bench, LN block, Record plough with sundry other makers for misc stuff (Stanley, St James Bay, Knight, Herdim, Veritas)
Slightly skewed towards British manufacturers of course because of location.

[Michael Gibbons]

Most of mine are Millers Falls. Can't vote you left out lots of classic Brands. Sorry Brian, These were the names I thought of off the top of my head. The poll program limits the selections to ten. Put your choice as other then put down what you have in a post.

.Mike

[Lee Koepke]

I am just starting, so I have the "cheap" one ... but I assure you as soon as I can learn a few basics, and bring some more bag lunches, I am on track for a Veritas / LN. I have seen what they do, and I will be happy with the upgrade.

[Doug Shepard]

LN wins by a slim margin:
LN: 10
LV: 9
Millers Falls: 2
Stanley: 4
Anant: 3
AMT: 2
Great Neck: 1
No-Name Korean or Chinese: 2
BCT: 1
Knight: 2

[Bruce Page]

4 Stanley
2 Lie-Nielsen
2 Lee Valley/Veritas

[Harold Beck]

I have made the largest selection of mine. I just can't decide what I like best.

Gought/Given

Stanley #3
LN apron block
Record #5

Made

Krenov style smoother
Coffin smoother
Wooden bevel up low angle that I made for shooting
Several hollows, rounds, thumbnail molding planes

HB

[mike holden]

7 - LieNielsen #7, #62, #10, bronze #4, sm router, LA block, rabbet block
6 - Stanley #78, #192, #71, #50, #90, #4
5 - LeeValley #6, Squirrel Tails (2), Scrub, Router, Med Shoulder
4 - Wood Gordon shoulder, ECE Smoother, 30" Try, and a Plough
2 - Record #5TS, LA block

81319

81320

These are my users, I have a few others.
Mike

[Mike Henderson]

Here's mine - some of mine are brands you don't have listed

9 Stanley, includes spokeshaves and scrapers
1 Keen Kutter
2 Vaughan & Bushnell
3 LN
1 LV
8 Woodies, some of which I made

Mike

[Thomas Knighton]

3 of my bench planes are Stanley made, though only 2 have the Stanley name on them. I've got a Norvell Shapleigh block plane, a DE7 (Which is also Shapleigh's Hardware) and have a Norvell Shapleigh smoothing plane en route, though I'm unsure of who made that one just yet.

However, I have a #51 spokeshave and a #80 cabinet scraper, both made by Stanley as well. I'm honestly not sure if they count or not ;)

Tom

[Steve Schoene]

No brand actually has a majority of my planes--they are split too many ways. I've got about a dozen (give or take) Stanley's, 2 Lee Valley, 1 Clark and Williams Smoother, 6 C&W hollows and rounds, a matched pair of drop leaf table planes--Robbins, and a half dozen or so of older molding planes.

[Wayne Wheeling]

New to planes, have for now
2 Lie-Nielson...a 60 1/2R, #4 Bronze
1 Stanley....#5C

And a HUGE wish-list of several more Lie-Nielson

[Alan Schwabacher]

1/3 Stanley
1/3 Wood
1/3 others including Veritas, Union, Record, Craftsman (not sure who made it)

[Wilbur Pan]

Stanley #4, #5, #7, and #60 1/2.

ECE router plane and scrub plane.

All the rest are Japanese wood planes. 4 bench planes, 2 rabbet planes, 2 shoulder planes, dovetail plane, block plane, plow plane, chamfer plane, 2 side shaving planes, scraper plane, and a corner molding plane.

[Tim Whitley]

Millers Falls Type 1 #8 #9 #14
Stanley Type 15 #3 #4 #4c
Stanley SW #5 #6 #8 #5 1/4
LV BU Jack
LN LA Block

Just staring down the slope

Tim

[Bob Smalser]

23 Stanleys, 17 Woodies.

But many of the Stanleys and most of the woodies are set up for one specific task.

I also have around 30 pre-1928 Disston and Atkins saws and at least that many pre-war chisels and gouges. While I spent my first 30 years woodworking with a small fraction of those tools, these days old tools can be had so cheap there's no reason someone of my age and experience has to compromise when he reaches for a tool.

L/N, L/V and others don't make anything I need.

[Corvin Alstot]

Mostly Old Stanleys, and almost complete Type 5 Bedrocks with
a few Lie Nielsens. Love the LN 102!

[James Mittlefehldt]

Funny I did not know what I had for sure till I started checking.

Stanley- 2 #4's one type 17 Baily, 1 handyman my wife bought for me, one type 13 no 5 real nice, no 80 scraper, 78 without a fence, 278 likewise, no 71 made in England purchased new, 75 again purchased new.

LV- low angle block, 4 1/2 smoother, small plough plane, router plane, scrub plane.

Ohio Tool- 04 1/4, 05, 06c, 07c.

11 misc. wooden molding planes.

2 wooden jointers,(makes a better scrub than the scrub does.)

Este- made in Germany no 4 have not used it much again my wife bought it for me, but has a fairly thick iron.

[JayStPeter]

Here's what I've got -

LV - LA Block, BU Smoother, BU Jointer, Med Shoulder, Scraper Plane, couple spokeshaves

LN - #60.5R

Stanley - #605, #4

Craftsman #4

Purchase plans - LV Large Shoulder, BU Jack, LN #4.5 and #4, maybe a LN #5 eventually, LV or LN router plane.

[Brian Kent]

5 Old Stanleys - Block, #4, 5, 7 and a #3 made into a scrub.
5 Mujingfang – High Angle Block, HA Polish, Smoother, Jack, Shoulder
2 Home Made Krenov Style
2 Anants – 4 ½ & Bullnose Rabbet
1 Old Wood Coffin
1 Lee Valley BU Jack
1 Lie-Nielsen 102 Block


All of them work well except the Mujingfang Shoulder

[Mark Roderick]

- LN low-angle, adjustable mouth block plane

- LN #4 smoothing plane

- LN #7 jointer plane

- LN low-angle jack plane

- Veritas right-angle plane

- Veritas shoulder plane

[Peter Quadarella]

Is it me, or does the chart add up to something like 150%?

[Pedro Reyes]

Is it me, or does the chart add up to something like 150%?

People select more than one answer.

[Kevin Groenke]

It's interesting the Stanleys are on the top of the poll, but not as much in the replys.

I had a problem at one time:
~30 Stanleys
(too cheap to buy Bedrocks)
4 Millers Falls
5 Sargeants
6 Keen Cutters
4 Veritas
1 Lie Nielson
and at least one of each:
Winchester
Craftsman
Dunlop
Ulmia
ECE
and some junk I've been given or bough before I knew what I was buying.

I've found that with so many to choose from I tend to just grab a new one when I find one dull. As a result sharpening is a REAL drag.

I really only need a few:
Type 9) #3,#4-1/2, 5 & 7
#65
LV LA block
#71
#12
#80
#93
#190

Oh man, I guess I need more than I thought.

I've got a minty 2nd edition Walter's guide that's probably worth more than any of the iron, that cracks me up.

-kg

[Jerry Olexa]

Mostly Stanley's but got my first LN for Christmas

[Garth Keel]

4 pre-war stanleys

9 LV

1 UKN

[Rolf Safferthal]

My planes:

Metal:
3 Stanley
1 Veritas
3 Kunz (German)

Wood:
6 antique Steiner (German)
1 smoother of unknown origin

[George Sanders]

stanley: Bedrock 605 + 606, #7 jointer, #9 1/2, #10 1/2, #75 bullnose shoulder plane w/sw blade. 2 #101, # 180 scraper, 1 aluminum #5 handyman paperweight (not heavy enough for doorstop):rolleyes: 2 #220 block planes, #82 scraper
Fulton: 5 1/2c + 4 1/2c (bigger+heavier than Bedrocks)
Keen Kutter: 5c (I use this one most often)
Miller's Falls: smoother like stanley #4, block plane like a stanley 220

[George Symula]

I have a few:
36 Stanleys but a few need work ( 19 of type 11 or earlier)
1 Parrish panel raiser
2 LVs
1 LN
1 Knight
3 Sargeants

Geo

[Bruce Branson]

5 Knights,smoothers 50,heavy 50, 55 coffin and 55 pocket,24in. jointer- LN bronze 4 1/2 and 102- LV med. shoulder plane and SS edge trim block- Stanley #6 Type 15 and #71- Sargent #5 turned to scrub- Wooden 78 rebate- Mujingfang 62 deg smoother and 4 1/2 inch short plane- Record 050- Homemade low angle shooting plane

[Don Bullock]

I'm sorry to say that I don't have any planes yet.:( Hopefully I'll be able to rectify that situation soon. I'd really like to learn how to use them.

[Alex Yeilding]

The mathematician in me insists that I answer "none". While Stanley makes up a plurality, they are well short of a majority. In rough order of prevalence:
Stanley
Record
Old woodies
Shop-made woodies
Shepherd
Lee Valley/Veritas
and in no particular order, one each of
ECE
KeenKutter
Craftsman
Sargent

[Steve Thomas]

^ Don't worry Don, a few yard sales and you'll be up with everyone else..

I've 20+ old Stanleys, 3,4,5,6,7,8,10,45,79,110 a few others and dublicates of most.

[Cliff Rohrabacher]

My planes were a gift from a rather nice guy who had pretty much become dis-enamoured with the hobby. He had some serious money so he had nice stuff.


It was about 36 yerars ago. I haven't felt the need to pony up more for any others.

[Scot Ferraro]

I got hooked on planes at a Woodworking show a few years back. I currently have the following in my arsenal -- it is a slippery slope for sure:

LN 102 Block Plane
LN 60 1/2 Block Plane
LN 62 Low Angle Jack
LN 4 1/2 Bench with standard and High Angle Frogs
LN Scrub
LN #8 Jointer Plane

LV Concave and flat spokeshaves
LV Cabinet Scraper
LV Large Shoulder Plane

Thanks!

[Michael Lutz]

7 stanleys
1 LV block plane
1 Great Neck block plane

Now I just have to figure out how to use them all.

Mike

[Ted Owen]

LN: 13
Stanley US: 11
St James Bay Tool Co.: 7 (but they're miniatures and probably shouldn't count)
ECE/Ulmia: 4
Record: 3
LV: 2
Steve Knight: 2 (both great--I wish more people knew about Steve's work)
Stanley England: 1
Union: 1
Dunlap: 1
Rapier: 1
Ray Iles: 1
Clifton: 1
Radi Plane: 1
Kunz: 1 (hidden somewhere so no one will ever see it and make fun of me)
Hamler: 1 (beautiful "kit" I have not yet commissioned)
Japanese smoother from Harrelson, can't remember the name (not yet commiissioned)
old specialized wooden from various makers: about 150

Of these my favorites are the old wooden planes, because I like the feel of wood sole against wood piece. In metal, the LV medium shoulder plane feels perfect in the hand.

What I don't have and wish I did was something from Clark & Williams, just to have something made by Larry. Will see him later this summer at Marc Adams and may pick up something then.

And if I ever had a gazillion dollars to splurge on something I don't need, I'd try to get a Holtey 28" or even longer jointer, though my LN 8 is wonderful and one of my most used planes. (I wonder how may people edge glue up stock directly from the power jointer.)

Best, Ted.

[Bart Leetch]

Just a collective picture of a few hand tools I've collected.