Hock replacement blade for Stanley 53/54 spokeshave

[Staffan Hamala]

I have a few 53/54 type spokeshaves. One of them has a broken blade, so I would need a replacement for this.

I seem to remember reading that they need to be modified somehow (filing the mouth?) to accept a Hock replacement blade. But I can't find that info now.

Will a Hock replacement blade fit straight away, or will I need modifying the shave?

Edit: From what I can find, the Hock blade should fit straight away. The SP200X blade.

[David Dalzell]

I put a Hock blade in a Stanley 151 and had no problems. I don't know how the mouth openings of the 151 compare to the 53/54. Even if the mouth did need to be opened a little this would not be much of a problem.

[Bill Houghton]

Hard to understand how you would file the mouth on a 53 or 54, since the mouth opening is variable.