Plane Blade Sharpener

Manufacturer / Maker Stanley Co. founded 1843

Date1890

Mediummetal

Dimensions5 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 9 in. (13.3 × 8.3 × 22.9 cm)

ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of C. Floyd Johnson

Object numberPC1979.64.46

DescriptionObject has a hand-sized angled metal body, with blade sharpener on one end and adjustable roller on the other. To use the object, a plane blade is screwed into the sharpening end, which is wide enough to accommodate various blade sizes, with the two thumb screws located on top of the object. The opposite end of the object has a roller to move the object and a blade back and forth over a sharpening medium. The roller's height and by extension sharpening angle can be adjusted by turning the thumb screw at the end of the object. "No. 200" is stamped on the angle of the body, and "STANLEY" is stamped just below the blade insert. On the bottom of the blade insert is the patent ID: "PAT D 12 - 10 12."

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