Stanley No. 602 Bedrock Smoothing Plane

How to identify it

• Bedrock frog seat: the frog beds on a wide machined surface flush with the sides of the bed rather than on narrow pads.
• 7 inch sole, 1-5/8 inch iron - the Bailey No. 2 dimensions in a Bedrock body.
• Round-sided castings are pre-1911 and worth more than the later flat-sided ones.

Photograph needed: Stanley No. 602 Bedrock Smoothing Plane - overall view, plus a close-up of the toe and bed markings

Buying and using

Prices at this level attract fakes and marriages. Check that the frog, body and lever cap belong together before paying.

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

Dating this plane

This maker published no dating information, so collectors reconstructed one. Work from the body casting rather than the knob, tote or iron, all of which get replaced. The Stanley type study lists the features era by era, with a dating marks table at the foot of it.

What it is worth

• user / incomplete $500–$1,000
• complete, honest wear $1,100–$2,200
• excellent, round-side $2,500–$5,000

Estimated USD range as of 2026-Q1, from a sample of about 25 sales. manually filtered sold listings 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

• reference-site
  Patrick Leach's Blood & Gore (Stanley plane model-by-model commentary) — Patrick Leach
• book
  Stanley Tools: Guide to Identity and Value — John Walter