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1 3/4" Veritas Cap Iron (#3, 5 1/4) Reviews

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I have two of these, a 2" and a 1 3/4". The 2" is perfect, but the 1 3/4 arrived slightly twisted and didn't perfectly mate to the PM-V11 blade face. Had to work on it to get it right. The profile view geometry of these look a little different than the similar Hock cap irons. Hocks have a slight hump bent across the cap iron about an inch behind the bevel, which I assume exerts pre-loading force on the blade to help reduce chatter. That hump isn't apparent in the Veritas cap irons I received. Not saying the Veritas doesn't pre-load the blade, just saying the two appear different.
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