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Stanley No. 61 Low Angle Block Plane

A short-lived low-angle block plane in the 60 series.

1914–1935
Block Plane
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Specifications
Model	No. 61
Production	1914–1935
Sole length	6"
Cutter width	1-3/8"
Bed angle	12 degrees
Mouth	fixed

How to identify it

6 inch low-angle body; distinguishing it from the 60 requires the catalogue plates.

Photograph needed: Stanley No. 61 Low Angle Block Plane - overall view, plus a close-up of the toe and bed markings

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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.

Maker	Called	Made
Stanley	No. 9-1/2	1873–2000
Stanley	No. 18	1888–1950
Stanley	No. 60-1/2	1898–2000
Stanley	No. 95	1911–1970
Stanley	No. 93	1898–1970

Every size, every maker

Sources

reference-site
Patrick Leach's Blood & Gore (Stanley plane model-by-model commentary) — Patrick Leach

Others in this family

Stanley No. 9 Cabinetmaker's Block Plane

1870–1943 · 10" · 2"

A big, heavy block plane made for shooting mitres and trimming end grain on cabinet work.
Stanley No. 9-1/2 Block Plane

1873–2000 · 6" · 1-5/8"

The standard-angle block plane, and the pattern every other manufacturer copied.
Stanley No. 15 Block Plane

1876–1955 · 7" · 1-5/8"

A No. 9-1/2 stretched by an inch.
Stanley No. 18 Knuckle-Joint Block Plane

1888–1950 · 6" · 1-5/8"

A 9-1/2 with the knuckle-joint lever cap: a hinged nickel-plated cap that folds flat into the palm.
Stanley No. 19 Knuckle-Joint Block Plane

1888–1950 · 7" · 1-5/8"

The seven-inch knuckle-cap block plane: a No. 15 with the folding cap, or a No. 18 with an extra inch, depending which way you come at it.
Stanley No. 60 Low Angle Block Plane

1898–1950 · 6" · 1-3/8" · draft

The fixed-mouth sibling of the 60-1/2: same low bed angle, same iron, no adjustable toe piece.
Stanley No. 60-1/2 Low Angle Block Plane

1898–2000 · 6" · 1-3/8"

The low-angle block plane, and probably the single most useful vintage Stanley you can buy for under fifty dollars.
Stanley No. 62 Low Angle Jack Plane

1905–1942 · 14" · 2"

A jack-sized plane built like a block plane: bevel-up iron on a twelve-degree bed, adjustable mouth, no frog.