Category: Handplanes

NOTE: The images below show an early Slater bullnose plane made for the retail firm of J. Frost of Norwich. The body casting follows the pattern made popular by Stewart Spiers of Ayr, Scotland. The infill is rosewood, and Slater’s mark can be easily seen…

NOTE: The images below show a very early Slater coffin-sided smoothing plane. The body casting is similar to patterns made popular by Stewart Spiers of Ayr, Scotland and Thomas Norris of London. The infill is rosewood, and an early Slater mark can be seen on…