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Veritas are another option. Everything made by them that I own or have used (and admittedly I’ve used others’ more than I’ve been able to justify for myself) has been fantastic.
£170 for a small plane is a touch eye watering tho.https://www.axminstertools.com/veritas-low-angle-block-planes-ax932279
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Was looking at Veritas too but I think Lie Nielsen is edging it.
£170 for a small plane is a touch eye watering tho.
Agreed, but my folks were originally trying to buy me a suit for a lot more. A plane (or any tool) I'd get more use out of. And my criteria is basically "the nicer version of something I would buy for myself". I like my No.4 jack plane, and it does enough for my skills. I have a cheap draper block plane, and while after having sharpened it, it works fine; I can definitely feel how having a nicer made and better thought out version would be really nice.
When I was looking at the Quangsheng ones, I was looking at the No.62 low angle jack. Now unsure about one of those or a block.
stevo_com
Hard to find in stock, or I'm not looking in the right places. Any others apart from this?
https://www.classichandtools.com/acatalog/Lie-Nielsen-No-60-Half-Block-Plane-LN-60-1-2.html#SID=213