Stanley 1-12-151 Spokes have "No. 151" flat, Multicolor

Such an incredible tool! Fir starters lol the blade is very durable thick steel. Just the value in the sole and mouth justify the price of this tool. For example, it cuts curly fries right out of the packaging with a few test cuts and turns to the adjustment screws. The generous handle length and thickness ensures that even large hands have an easy time using this comfortable tool. The tool can be drawn or pushed and is very easy to learn. For the price I opted for a very good tool that will outlast me with proper care.

Well enough packaged and ready for sharpening - may be a knockoff? The Stanley branding was a sticker that fell off haha But either way it performs well and is solidly made

Nice tool, I spent some time sharpening the blade and it worked really well thereafter. Easy to control the depth of cut and skew if needed. Perfect for shaping the edges of a paddle-board project I am doing.

Package was sold as 'new' and arrived open and dirty.

As usual, you have to adjust the bottom to make it perfect flat and the blade as well. Other than that this tool really delivers.

A hobbyist perspective… I’m making some wooden toy tools for my grandson. I put the mallet together with a square red oak handle and said “oops, I don’t know how to turn it into a handle”. I ordered this Stanley 151 Spokeshave and hoped for the best. I expected that the iron would need flattening and sharpening, but I tried it right out of the box anyway… it did not work well. I used my two sided diamond stone to flatten the back first, you can see on my picture that the corners were definitely not flat. Sharpening the bevel was pretty straightforward, I don’t have a jig or anything, just did my best keeping the blade flat against the stone. As you can see the factory tool marks were quite pronounced, I kept going even after it was technically sharp to try to get them all out. I finally gave up with just a bit showing in the center and at one end. Having never used one before I had a bit of a learning curve, but after about 15 minutes of adjusting the blade and adjusting my technique, I had the mallet handle shaped out pretty good. I gave it five stars because it seems like a well made tool that does exactly what I wanted it to do! The quality of the casting and the fit and finish of the components is great, I imagine that this tool will outlast me!

Another problem for me to solve, but not the one I bought the tool to solve. I took delivery of this Stanley No. 151 spoke shave on 04/28/25. The bosses on the knurled adjustment nuts are not large enough to securely engage the slots on the blade, making the built-in blade adjustment mechanism virtually useless. Moreover, the two threaded posts are loose in their mounts, so they wobble, even when the posts are tightened. I will keep the "Stanley" tool, but put spring-loaded washers on the adjustment posts beneath the nuts, or maybe have a machine shop make replacement adjustment nuts. Maybe I can buy replacement nuts made for a competing product. There are many other spoke shaves on the market, such as the Bench Dog No. 151, also sold by Amazon. A lot of these are based on the same Stanley No. 151 chassis, and in the pictures they all look alike. Are most of these made in the same factory? Meanwhile, I paid about $35 for a blade that has "STANLEY" laser engraved into it, and I got a mediocre implementation of a classic name-brand tool thrown in for free. I plan to buy a second spoke shave of the same design made by a different manufacturer, but get it from a brick-and-mortar store where I can examine the tool VERY CAREFULLY beforehand (e.g. the Bench Dog version sold by Rockler via Amazon). If I can successfully examine the "Bench Dog No. 151" at a local Rockler store and convince myself it is of sufficient quality, perhaps I will order the thing from Amazon so I can write a favorable follow-up review for the benefit of Conestoga wagon people trekking across northern Wyoming. Why can't I be a normal guy and just buy another hunting knife so I can skin and cook squirrels in the microwave?

I like using this spokeshave. It is nice, packaging should have been better, was just thrown in a bag. May have damaged the blade, since it had no protection.

J'en suis vraiment contente, il m'a rendu de bons services.

Herramienta solida y con peso, de materiales nobles y bien construida. Cumple su funcion correctamente. Para poder comenzar a usarla bien, toca afilar bien la cuchilla. La verdad que en muchos productos, la marca Stanley esta dejando un poco que desear en cuanto a la calidad de fabricacion ... pero con este Bastren en especial no tengo ninguna queja. Es una buena herramienta que estara muchisimo tiempo en mi taller. Recomendable.

Recieved in very good time and condition, but the planer it self needed about 2 hours in removing excess metal and tuning to be ready for use. It is expected from Stanley to be more perfect than that. After tuning it is very efficient and satisfactory.

The spokeshave is completely satisfactory. All it needed was a little sharpening.

As noted by others don’t expect this to be perfect out of the box, but you’re not going to spend hours getting it good. I had to remove the grinding marks off the sole, flatten, sharpen and hone the blade, took about 20 minutes with some wet and dry and a stone (you can do with just wet and dry and a flat surface if you don’t own a stone). Cuts really nicely and sits well in the hand. You’ll need to spend a bit of time with it to get the best but it’s not a huge learning curve and worth the time invested. Not sure why there are negative reviews mine was fine, blade was a few thou out of flat but that’s about it. Great tool for the price and would highly recommend.