Comments on: Five little planes https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2025/09/24/five-little-planes/ inside the woodshop Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:28:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Rob https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2025/09/24/five-little-planes/#comment-539046 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:28:10 +0000 https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=8125#comment-539046 Hi Eric,

Yea, it’s hard to believe the mere $18 bucks for a very nice little plane! I agree, the colors aren’t good. Why does Jorgensen use them? Anyway, the O1 steel does well for that blade, and as always with O1, it is easy to sharpen. And the body is made very nice and accurate.

Sometimes I just don’t need Lie Nielsen or Veritas, which are great, and the low cost stuff does the job just fine. (Of course, some low cost stuff is crap.)

Rob

]]> By: Eric Commarato https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2025/09/24/five-little-planes/#comment-539045 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:27:58 +0000 https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=8125#comment-539045 I have all of these. The little Jorgensen plane is an economical favorite. I did however strip all of the orange and black powder coat off of mine…just couldn’t stand the colors. These do have a nice thick iron that sharpened very well. A great little plane for easing edges.

]]> By: Rob https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2025/09/24/five-little-planes/#comment-538269 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:12:53 +0000 https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=8125#comment-538269 Hi Richard,

Yes, a great option! Thanks.

I have played with it but do not own it. Tempting! It is only 3-7/16″ long x 1-3/16″ wide, with the bevel-up blade at 20°. It is still available at good old Lie-Nielsen.

Rob

]]> By: Richard Feltner https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2025/09/24/five-little-planes/#comment-538267 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 20:44:43 +0000 https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=8125#comment-538267 Rob I should also add the Lie Nielsen violin makers plane to your list. The blade is a tad narrower than the Kunz equivalent. But, it has a beefier blade, knurled micro adjuster, blade cap with tail and it’s made of solid brass. Lovely feel in hand with all that mass. Bought mine several years ago and if it’s in the LV catalog today I’m sure it’s an order of magnitude pricier!

]]> By: Rob https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2025/09/24/five-little-planes/#comment-538241 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 06:28:29 +0000 https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=8125#comment-538241 Great, Richard, to hear about a little tool with such a lasting use. Almost like a body part that keeps going with you.

]]> By: Richard Feltner https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2025/09/24/five-little-planes/#comment-538232 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:45:18 +0000 https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=8125#comment-538232 I have a little green Kunz rat tailed (or is that a squirrel’s tail?) mini block plane I bought on a trip to Chicago in the early 80s. The little tail changes everything. It’s just so much better and easier to handle. Over 40 years and I still use it most evry day.

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