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Originally Posted by LSemmens
. Just ensure that your plane, of whatever brand is looked after and NEVER put it down on the blade, always lie it on its side.
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This was drilled into me as well, by old craftsmen who failed to appreciate the upstart logic of a youngster who pointed out that the chance of accidental damage to the edge of the blade (or "iron " as it was called back then) was far greater if the plane was laid on its side than if it was set upright. Accidental damage to a knuckle as well.
That of course only applies in a bench environment ... working out on site obviously you lay it on its side.
Since it is extremely unlikely that there will be any stray hardware(screws , nails, etc) lying around on a luthier's bench, setting the plane down upright is the preferred option.