The Traditional Tools Group Inc.

Transitions planes, that is wood bottom planes, first introduced in the late 1870’s were a compromise to satisfy a need to simplify the setting of the plane blade while maintaining the benefit of the lesser friction of the wooden sole of the old planes that the artisans were accustomed to. The transition from the old wooden planes was completed in 1943 when STANLEY ceased production of the wood-bottom planes and moved solely to the full metal planes.