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1/2" Spiers rebate plane
overall:6" x 1 3/4" x 1/2"
front edge of mouth 2 3/16" from front edge. width of mouth (without iron): a hair over 1/32"

sole plate: 3/16"
side plates: 3/32"
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Yes,
All English rebate and shoulder planes work that way. The best ones have minuscule mouths so the bevel up blade is supported nearly to the edge (an advantage over a cast body) and it also means...

1 - No (never)
2 - yes - shoulder planes are bedded at a lower angle than rebate planes but 25 for a rebate is reasonably common
3 - yes - but not this second - I need to get it out of my tool box...

Japanese chisels don't have flat backs - they are flat just at the cutting edge. Traditionally made English chisels were made slightly hollow - before side bevels were drop forged and were not used...

It's a bummer that Somax went under but if I would not bet against someone buying them and reopening. It happens all the time. (I don't have any inside info - but I am hopeful)

I think in many fields woodworking included the newest technology is not automatically better. If your goal is edge retention than when it comes to chisels modern steels and chisels are your best...

There is plenty of historical documentation about how chisels were made and sold. Also plenty of information about steel making.
One is correct that until the late 19th century steel composition...

Holdfasts have no lateral holding power - none of them (although leather pads help). THey are all brilliant at keeping your work from lifting up but depending on how you are chiseling the work can...

I dont agree that traditional holdfasts would not present the same issues. It depends on the workbench and a host of other issues. As far as I know our holdfasts are the only production holdfast made...

Gramercy Holdfasts are made of bent steel. As a result they have a lot more flexibility than any of the cast holdfasts on the market - any - high or low end. We actually made and tested more flexible...

The return policy is simple. We take everything back in any condition except abused (except festool power tools) for six months AND we pay return shipping.

Of the thousands of holdfasts we have...

That's what I did - nothing obvious came up.

Peter chops them differently than I do - although he is using a Ray Iles mortise chisel which I had significant input into its development - so as far...

Can you send me a link - I googled them and didn't see anything (I might also be missing the obvious)

Forging those nice wide bolsters is expensive. flush fitting a handle to a bolster is time consuming. Fitting a ferrule is dead easy and fast.

If you chop and pare to a scribe line (like Moxon...

I think Derek has it spot on.
There is more than one way to skin a cat. The trick is getting the cat to stay still and getting the appropriate tools for the way you plan to go about it.

The...

If the Seaton chisels don't have a secondary bevel there is a good chance that the reason is that they were never used. From the factory you would not see a secondary bevel.
In theory the lower the...

Derek,
I think the lower the primary angle the better, although at some point the primary angle can be too low and the chisel top will break or bend. 20 degrees seems about right, although a little...

Derek,
Your Iles chisel with the rounded fronts are old production. ray no longer makes them that way and the front is square.
Joel

While I think a plane made with these woods would look very cool I thought I would mention that Norris actually made two kinds of wooden coffin smoother. The early ones is just a regular coffin...

Norris planes are bedded at either 45 or 47 1/2 degrees. when you put the blade in, and tighten the lever cap screw, does the blade sit solid? I would have to see a picture to tell you if the handle...

I use the rough side with rouge (on carving tools), the smooth side plain on everything.

Marko,
Please try the following:
Read the instructional material on the website, we have pile of info on using the saw. It works most efficient on the push stroke. Bury the handle in your hand...

While there might be some 1095 coming from india, i assume that what you mean by "spring steel" stuff comes from all over and in many qualities. there is even a1095 rolling mill in NJ. sandvick is a...

In the 1980s there was a theory that people didn't have a lot of time so magazine articles became shorter and shorter. Unfortunately short breezy articles work perfectly on the web - so its no wonder...

Block plane and the shoulder plane are from the 1850's (iron rebate plane being 30 or so years earlier)

Sharpening jig - about 1900 give or take.
Granite plate - last 10 years when cheap Chinese...