Slater infill plane prices

About Slater infill planes

Slater was a London plane maker working in the nineteenth century, one of several British firms building infill planes in dovetailed steel and cast metal with hardwood stuffing. The recorded work here is squarely in that line: rosewood-infilled smoothers, shoulder planes and a bullnose, some signed and some unmarked. Marked examples carrying the London stamp read more clearly than unmarked ones, and value follows tight dovetails, uncracked rosewood, a long iron with plenty of life, and a sole free of pitting or reground edges. Shoulder planes are judged on width and on whether the mouth and sides remain square and true.

The 9 sales behind these figures come from Jim Bode Tools (5) and Jim Bode Value Guide (4), and run from 2022 to 2026; 5 closed in the last twelve months.