Stanley No. 92 Shoulder Rabbet Plane

How to identify it

• 5-1/2 inch body with a 3/4 inch iron running the full width.
• Removable nose piece, as on the 90 and its siblings.
• The 92, 93 and 94 differ only in size: 3/4, 1 and 1-1/4 inch irons respectively.

Photograph needed: Stanley No. 92 Shoulder Rabbet Plane - overall view, plus a close-up of the toe and bed markings

Buying and using

The critical check is squareness of the sides to the sole, then flatness of the sole. Everything else - plating, japanning, a chipped iron - is cosmetic or fixable.

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.

• Record No. 073 Shoulder Plane — Record
• Stanley No. 93 Shoulder Rabbet Plane — Stanley
• Stanley No. 94 Shoulder Rabbet Plane — Stanley

What it is worth

• user / incomplete $60–$120
• complete, honest wear $130–$260
• excellent, pre-war $280–$520

Estimated USD range as of 2026-Q1, from a sample of about 55 sales. manually filtered sold listings Confidence: medium.

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