Information about Fillester Plane
Illustration from 1872 Greenfield Tool Company Plane catalogue
(p.24) illustrates a couple of similar fillister planes.
The closest to our example would be no. 278: "Fillester with
side-stop, with cut, shoulder-boxed (no screw stop)." In
1872, this cost $1.85, though boxwood, rosewood, ebony, and
beech all put the price up higher.
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