Description
From the manufacturer
Spear & Jackson
Spear & Jackson has been selling hand, garden, contractors, agricultural and landscaping tools since 1760.
The company was founded in the City of Sheffield, which is famous for the production of steel, cutlery and hand tools and continues to be our home over 250 years later.
Carpenters’ Tools
A carefully selected range of popular carpenters’ tools, including sliding bevels, carpenters’ try squares, mortice gauges and smoothing planes. Classically designed with rosewood-stained hardwood handles and brass fittings, these tools hark back to the days of traditional craftsmanship and woodwork.
We also offer Rafter Squares – Multi-purpose triangular tools used to make the basic measurement and mark lines for marking out dimensional lumber.
Cezar –
It’s cheap but only good for diy
Mr H Nevzat –
Manufactured in India for Spear & Jackson. I rated all aspects of this plane 5 stars. The sole is flat. Some may say no & use feeler gauges, flat beds & engineers straight edges to check flatness of base. I used an engineers straight edge & checked across the sole at 3 points. The sides are right angle to the base. I used an engineers steel square to check. Hardwood handle & front knob (Teak) secured with Brass machine screws.Fully adjustable frog. Do not adjust if you don’t have to. The frog is flush to the mouth back of the plane & shavings do not jam & escape easily.This is not a DIY tool. Don’t send it back because the blade is not square or honed.I am a professional carpenter & bench joiner. This is what you must do;You need a wide slotted screwdriver to release the back iron from the blade. You need a set of slotted screwdrivers to adjust the frog if necessary & other slotted screws which connect the plane parts together.The back iron is accurately machined. No visible daylight when adjusted & secured to blade. The lever cap has a large knurled Brass machine screw to lock both blade & back iron to plane.The blade is not square. It needs to be ground square as the lateral adjustment lever may not square it up to the mouth of the plane. The blade needs honing. It is not ready to use. All metal planes need the sole to be lubricated with candle wax. The wax does not prevent woodworking glue adhering to glue joints as it rubs off.Highly recommend this plane & the cost is incredible.
Bob –
Product was exactly what i wanted . Had 4 doors to alter . This plane did the job perfectly. The plane looks good, has a solid feel to it and is easy to use
Helen Burton –
Good quality, nice weight, simple time tested design. Brilliant product would recommend
ChazChaz –
Used and owned various planes in the past, both as a professional and DIY. Used this to plane some doors which were not fitting properly. It allowed me to get the doors to fit and look correct. Extremely sharp blade, which makes light work of the job.Well constructed and easy to adjust the blade. To remove the blade for cleaning and sharpening, all that’s required is a flat head screwdriver. Would recommend that you clean and dry if used outside, as being constructed from steel, it would rust up if left wet. Yes well worth the price, and definitely recommended
Keiron G. –
This hand plane is my 3rd from Spear and Jackson. The blade does need a lot of work. However you get what you pay for. The build quality is fantastic and the plane has a good weight for it’s size. The handles are real hard wood and it is relatively flat. Would definitely buy again if it needed replacing.
Les Blake –
being a like for like replacement. I expect this new plane to give me the same service as to first one. A sharpening session planed for it today to bring it into commission.
scrutiny_amazon –
Great quality product wouldRecommend
ian –
Used one before for years, bought a new one. Does what I expected, very nice
John Hamilton –
Took no time for me to sharpen. Getting the glue off the back of the blade was annoying. But i got it very sharp quickly.