Stanley 12-951 Flat-Base Spokeshave

What this tool adds

What this tool adds to your bench

This is the flat-base spokeshave option for shaping wood along a contour while keeping both hands on the tool. Its blade projection can be adjusted for the intended shaving, and the iron is replaceable. Select it by how the flat sole can register on the piece you are shaping, rather than treating the broad description curved work as a promise that it will fit every inside hollow.

The supported blade width is 2-1/8 inches, approximately 54 mm. Two adjustment screws set the working iron, and a retaining cap holds it in the body. The maker’s descriptive text identifies a flat base for flat and convex work. If an inside hollow needs a sole curved along the stroke, compare the Kunz 51AR instead; if the outside of round stock needs a hollow cutting profile across its width, compare the Kunz 55.

The selected offer is for one spokeshave with its blade, and the listing describes a vinyl pouch for storage. The tool photograph does not show that pouch. A replacement iron identified by catalogue reference is a separate maintenance purchase, so distinguish the working tool, its described storage and any spare you intend to add.

For maintenance enquiries, the archived Stanley replacement chart links model 12-951 with iron 12-350. Confirm the present replacement and its fit before ordering. Overall-length fields disagree between the descriptive and structured source, so a fitted-case purchase should use a seller-confirmed footprint rather than the larger field being assumed to mean packaging.

Choose for your actual work

• Check the sole shape needed at the workpiece. A flat base and a base rounded along the stroke are different contact arrangements.
• When buying a spare, identify model 12-951 and confirm the current 12-350 replacement reference rather than choosing by width alone.

Fit checks & limits

• Confirm overall length before choosing storage: the description gives 10 inches and another listing field gives 13.5 inches.
• Choose this flat-base format for the documented flat/convex contact. A conflicting “Flat and Concave” catalogue cell is not enough to establish access inside a hollow.
• Check current replacement-blade fit and any required curve clearance for your actual work.

Use & care

Use the model instructions for the adjustment screws and retaining cap. The listing-described pouch provides a storage option; the archived blade reference is a starting point for a current fit enquiry.