Quote Originally Posted by Jim Foster View Post
...and the No. 1 might have been made because someone at the tool factory thought it could be a follow-on product to sell to existing customers.
I could be wrong here, since all I know about planes I have learned in the last 2 months. But, it would seem that Stanley had in mind this plane from the beginning when it was assigned "No. 1."

Given that, I am not sure that it could have been a "follow-on" product.

I looked at the LN while at the WIA conference. I have very small hands, and it just was awkward for me to hold. I guess with practice.....