Millers Falls Plane - One that Got Away
There's a few more post-worthy items that I came across at the big Estate Sale up in Twin Lakes including this Millers Falls plane. My brother-in-law has a few vintage tools and a couple of nice planes, so whenever I come across one, I usually check it out. Normally, if they're Stanley and less than $5, I will grab them. This one is from Millers Falls - which I had not come across before - and they were asking $12. So, needless to say, this one didn't come home with me. As for Millers Falls, turns out, they were trying to make planes that were *different* than Stanley. And that red background - behind the work mark - was part of their key difference. From this "Old Tools Heaven" post : When the Millers Falls Company introduced its new line of hand planes in 1929, it needed a way to differentiate its products from others already on the market. The identity problem was compounded by the fact that all of the new models were knock-offs of existing Stan...