Stanley

Stanley No. 9 Cabinetmaker's Block Plane

A big, heavy block plane made for shooting mitres and trimming end grain on cabinet work. Sold with an optional detachable side handle - the 'hot dog' - which is missing from most surviving examples and is worth as much as the plane.

1870–1943
Block Plane
medium confidence

Specifications
Model	No. 9
Production	1870–1943
Sole length	10"
Cutter width	2"
Bed angle	20 degrees
Mouth	fixed
Body	cast iron, japanned

How to identify it

10 inch body with a 2 inch iron bedded bevel up. Nothing else in the block plane range is this size.
Machined sides square to the sole, because it was designed to be used on its side in a shooting board.
Look for the threaded boss where the hot-dog handle attaches. A plane with the original handle is worth roughly double one without.

Photograph needed: Stanley No. 9 Cabinetmaker's 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
Millers Falls	No. 10	1929–1975
Record	No. 04-1/2	1931–present
Sargent	No. 410	1887–1964
Stanley	No. 4-1/2	1884–1967
Stanley	No. 604-1/2	1898–1943
Stanley	No. 151	1877–1980

Every size, every maker

What it is worth

user / no handle $350–$700
complete with hot dog $900–$1,800
excellent, early $2,000–$4,000

Estimated USD range as of 2026-Q1, from a sample of about 20 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

Others in this family

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. 61 Low Angle Block Plane

1914–1935 · 6" · 1-3/8" · draft

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