Evening, just noticed an ad in FWW. A company called Industrial Blade Company that will begin selling replacement blades for amongst other manufacturers Veritas Tools and Lie Nielsen.
I looked up the company and it is located in Toronto, Ontario. The web site leads one to believe that they are already the manufacturer for the A2 and O1 blades that Lee Valley supplies with their planes. I don't know if they supply the blades for Lie Niesen products.
Actually, I can't be certain if they indeed they manufacture the blades for Lee Valley - the pictures showing A2 plane blades certainly look familiar for those of us who have Veritas tools.
I'm curious that if this company does manufacture the blades for Lee Valley and/or Lie Nielsen, why they would supply replacement blades through pinnacle tools, which I thought was a brand name associated with Woodcraft in the states.
I know Rob Lee checks out this forum on occasion and perhaps he might shed some light on my observation.
Personally, I would rather purchase replacement blades from the company that manufactured the planes i.e., Lee Valley, in order to offset the R & D the company puts into their products and to encourage continued efforts to develop and market new planes, shopeshaves and the like.
Perhaps this isn't a really gripping topic for most, however, I thought it a strange coincidence. Thanks for your thoughts.
Ian Cooper