patented-antiques antique stanley rule Á level co. planes- old stanley wood levels wood ,The Stanley Rule and Level company was formed in the late 1850's and began their business producing a line of folding rules and general hardware in New Britain Conn. Levels came next, and a few years later they got into the woodworking plane making business producing a line of metal bodied planes utilizing Leonard Baileys Patents and designs for metal bodied bench planes and scrapers.NEWLY IDENTIFIED STANLEY LEVELS - pasttools.orgThis 24" level is constructed of rosewood and can be described as a double plumb and level (with plumb vials near each end). The level that was produced from 1902 to 1909 but that confusion must have arisen from the numbering system. That confusion may have prompted Stanley to change the number to 111. The No. "20" is stamped into the wood on ...