Phillip Ngan
Member

Hi Chris

Very interesting information about Stanley making M2 irons in Tas. I'll start reading up on the irons, and maybe put an order in myself.

Phillip

Hi Philip,

Yes - good M2 Stanley replacement irons

The 'down under' folks work much more often with tougher, reversing grain, silica-filled woods than we do here in North America. This has led to leading-edge developments in M2 HSS plane irons.

This started years back when Stanley had an iron-producing facility in Hobart TAZ where they made laminated M2 Stanley irons. Then Academy Saw works came out with M2 irons. Now, Helmut of WoodWork Forums is organizing a second run of M2 irons and custom chipbreakers at $45 AUD for the iron, and $15 AUD for the CB. See:
http://www.woodworkforums.com/f152/s...-order-104700/

Brent Beach has also tested some of these irons. See: http://www3.telus.net/BrentBeach/Sharpen/

(He has not reported yet on Helmut's M2 irons, but will soon.)

While Mujingfang irons are HSS M2 - they are not available as retrofits for Stanley/Record planes

Regards,
Chris