![]() Sadly some manufacturers have plagiarized the Leonard Bailey patents and with varying degrees of success. So many manufacturers have based their own designs on the Bailey hand plane. As a result, I own a few and these good old Leonard Bailey designs are the seed of many hand plane designs today. Like many a passionate woodworker, I have for years been inflicted with a sentimental love for the Stanley Bailey hand planes. At the time of the merge Stanley Black & Decker they were worth 8.5 billion. These ups and downs do seem to have developed into a strong 24 billion dollar industry which is considerable growth since merging with Black and Decker in 2010. It cant be denied Stanley has had a checkered evolution with many trials and tribulations. My conclusion and thoughts on Stanley hand planes ‘Stanley Black and Decker’ new acquisition of Newell Tools which adds: Irwin, Lenox and Hilmor ‘Stanley Works’ merged with Black and Decker in a deal worth 4.5 billion, combined they are worth 8.5 billion Woodworking plane manufacturing suffers as many are turning to electric planes ‘Stanley Works’ is officially added to the New York stock exchange The World-famous ‘Stanley Powerlock’ tape measure was introduced ‘Stanley Works’ merge with ‘Stanley Rule and Level’ ‘Stanley Tools’ add the ‘Bailey’ name to their range of planes as a tribute to ‘Leonard Bailey’ Leonard Bailey passes away but his designs are still used today Stanley buys Victor Bailey and discontinues the range of planesįrederick T Stanley died at the age of 80 years old ![]() Stanley is now the sole agent for Victor hand planes Leonard Bailey (Inventor) patented his woodworking hand plane designs Henry Stanley (Cousin of Frederick Stanley) Founded ‘Stanley Rule & Level’ Metal Bodied Hand Planes broke through and woodworkers were soon replacing their wooden planes. Frederick T Stanley Founded ‘Stanley Bolt Manufacturing’įrederick T Stanley Founded ‘Stanley Works’ ![]()
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