Jim DaddyO Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 I am a fan of older planes. Records and Stanleys. I bought my set..3, 4, 5, 6, and a 7, plus a Great Neck block plane for $115 and they work well after a bit of work on them. My newest bench plane is a 1936 if I remember right. I bought a '50's Record #4 last year for $5 and restored it fairly easily. That being said, I still drool over Veritas and LN planes. Hand planes are a rabbit hole you can spend a long time down. You can go in a lot of directions and be happy. Bottom line is to get the tool you like and are happy using. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bleedinblue Posted February 20, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 I just spent some short, but quality time with my new Woodriver #4. Right now it appears it's a keeper. I used the Cosman sharpening method with the slight back bevel and only focusing on the micro bevel. The method, being freehand, will take practice, and I only have stones up to 4000 grit. Still yet, in very short order, I was getting transparent shavings that were measuring pretty consistently at a thou. The back of the blade was pretty close to flat. It took maybe thirty seconds to get that back bevel from one end to the other. The sole was EXTREMELY close to flat. I used a marker to mark a grid pattern. After maybe a half a dozen strokes over 320 grit paper the only marker remaining was about an inch on the front and an inch on the back. A couple dozen more strokes and those were gone. The WR doesn't have the legacy and the status of LN by any means, but for a guy like me it certainly appears they're worth serious consideration. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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