Record No. 778 Duplex Rabbet & Fillister Plane

How to identify it

• Two arms carrying the fence, where a Stanley 78 has one. This is the quickest way to tell them apart in a photograph.
• Two seats for the iron: the rear one for normal work, the forward bullnose position for a stopped rabbet.
• A rotating nicker in the side of the body ahead of the iron.

Photograph needed: Record No. 778 Duplex Rabbet & Fillister Plane - overall view, plus a close-up of the toe and bed markings

Buying and using

The twin-arm fence is a genuine design improvement and the reason many people who own both reach for the Record. Completeness still decides the price: check for both arms, the fence, the depth stop and the nicker.

The same size from other makers

These do the same job at the same size. Parts do not interchange between makers, but the shaving does not know the difference - and where one maker commands a collector premium, another usually does not.

Every size, every maker

Other makers' answer to the same problem

These share a design lineage rather than a size. Each is its own tool with its own dimensions, and no parts interchange.

• Stanley No. 78 Duplex Rabbet & Fillister Plane — Stanley

What it is worth

• user / incomplete $15–$40
• complete, honest wear $45–$110
• excellent, boxed $120–$260

Estimated GBP range as of 2026-Q1, from a sample of about 20 sales. manually filtered UK sold listings; sterling, and UK prices run below US ones Confidence: low.

These are researched estimates for a private sale in average light, not an appraisal. Condition, completeness and type move a price further than any of these bands do.

Sources

• book
  Dictionary of American Hand Tools — Alvin Sellens
• reference-site
  Patrick Leach's Blood & Gore (Stanley plane model-by-model commentary) — Patrick Leach