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Stanley No. 98 Side Rabbet Plane (Right Hand)

A small single-handed side rabbet for widening grooves and dados. Sold as a handed pair with the No. 99, and useless on its own for half the jobs you will meet.

  • 1896–1970
  • Rabbet & Shoulder Plane
  • medium confidence
Specifications
ModelNo. 98
Production1896–1970
Bodycast iron, japanned
Notable featuresingle-direction skewed iron, right hand

How to identify it

  • Small body with the iron skewed for cutting in one direction only.
  • '98' cast into the body. The left-hand mate is the 99.
  • A boxwood or rosewood knob on some variants.
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Buying and using

Always buy 98 and 99 together if you can. A matched pair is worth more than twice a single, because grain direction decides which one you need.

What it is worth

  • single, user $30–$60
  • single, excellent $70–$130
  • matched pair with 99, excellent $180–$350

Estimated USD range as of 2026-Q1, from a sample of about 40 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

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