#1 Bench Hand Plane - Smoothing Plane - V3 Reviews

4.7 Rating 10 Reviews

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“Very sharp out of the box. Handy small plane. A welcome addition to my bench.”

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Posted 4 weeks ago

“Nice value- especially on sale! Well made with nice materials. Just needed a little blade touch-up. Stanley's are too costly.”

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Posted 4 weeks ago

“The #1 Bench Plane / Smoothing Plane V3 This little plane is sweet; It takes some getting use to, but after sharpening and stropping the blade this little baby works great. I use the tips of my lower three fingers around the handle and my index finger along the side.,, Got it adjusted to give me onion skin shavings..Very nice plane and it looks really cool next to my other planes.”

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Posted 1 month ago

“I’ve been working wood since I was a child and taught woodworking classes until they phased them out of the school system in the 90’s (one of the dumbest things they ever did). I own and use planes made by Stanley, Bailey, Bedrock, Veritas, Millers Falls, the Ohio Tool Company and others. When this little reproduction of the Stanley #1 arrived, it was love at first sight. It is exquisitely made and works like a gem. I find no flaws in its construction and function. I look forward to using it. Even if all you do is set it on your workbench desk to look at I would recommend this little beauty. It not only works perfectly, it is simply inspirational to behold . . . it makes you want to pay attention to details. Love it.”

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Posted 1 month ago

“Both the cap iron and the chip breaker were ground crooked. The cap iron didn't sit flush to the blade all the way across. I had to re-profile both. The blade was fine and honed up well. If it wasn't on sale, I would have returned it. I have Wood River, Veritas, and Lie Nielsen up to #7, a couple of dozen total. This #1 was the only one with glaring manufacturing defects out of the box. The size makes it more of a novelty than a worker relative to a block plane.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“First off, let me start by saying I love hand tools and will use one over it's modern electric counterpart whenever I can. I have a host of vintage Stanley planes from #2 all the way up to #7. Most are from the sweet heart era. I have a #1 and #2 and a large scraper plane from lie-Nielsen. several weeks ago I saw the WoodRiver #1 sitting in the cabinet at WoodCraft. I had been using my #2 and a small block plane for many small pieces and was feeling a bit like Goldie Locks in that one was too big and the other too small and need to find one that was "just right". I thought this would be perfect size and consider pulling my #1 Lie-Nielsen out of the cabinet... a brass version, but did not want to put a lot of wear on it (kind of silly since I bought it to use, but then they became kind of a collector's item). The price was right for the WoodRiver #1 and I wondered if it was any good or if I would be tossing my money away, but I took the chance and bought it. I honed the blade to a razors edge and put it to work on my first project beveling the edges of a (jewellery box) tray. It cut like butter and gave me a nice even bevel. Wow, nice. I have since used it to surface an ornamental lamination (glue-up) consisting of several different types of hard woods. It was a real pleasure to use. It is quickly becoming my favorite plane.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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“A couple of years ago, I began accumulating Stanley hand planes. I have most of the common sizes. I've learned how to set them up, hone the blades and how to use them. This reissue of the Stanley #1 bench plane caught my eye, and I just couldn't resist! After all, an original Stanley #1 would cost at least 20 or 30 times the cost if this little jewel! So, what is it like? It's a really accurate reissue of the original Stanley #1 plane. There is no lateral adjustment on this particular model, but there was no lateral adjustment on the original, either. The body casting is really nice. The machining and polishing on the parts is excellent. The blade and chip breaker are similar to what I have seen in original Stanley planes. I can't wait to take this out to the workshop and make some shavings!”