This is just a delightful router plane. Very high quality. Nice to look at. Nice in the hands. Their are many knockoffs of this man's clever design. I bought this in appreciation of his ingenious re-imagining of the router plane. No funky right angle blades. Super easy sharpening. Easy adjustment. Extremely good visibility of work -- tool does not obscure the work in process as much as many router planes do. Get it. It's a nice tool.

Good for cleaning up areas wider then a rabbit or dado.

Works perfectly out of the box no tuning required for the forst use (in my experience).

No me gustó que el envío tardó casi un mes en llegar desde China. Mi membresía de Amazon Prime no aplica en este caso. No se recomienda comprar si es que urge contar con la herramienta pronto pues tendrá que pasar por importación y se pierde el seguimiento del producto en cuanto sale de China y eso da un poco de miedo.Me gustó la calidad y hasta la nota de agradecimiento del fabricante. Incluye una tuerca con manivela y una alternativa de tuerca mariposa.La cuchilla parece estar muy afilada. No nfue necesario ajustarla para empezar a trabajar. Estoy muy contento con mi compra. Hoy lo estrené y pude realizar un trabajo rápido que con un router eléctrico hubiera tardado mas tiempo en ajustar la profundidad.

Made of thick stainless steel plate, CNC machined, works very well, the BLade is easy to sharpen. Its a good alternative to other fancier and more expensive router planes, I like it.

The router works the way you would expect. The drawback is the adjuster knob fits too loose in the blade so depending on how you lock it when you go to adjust the depth slightly you have to hold it a specific way or your not adjusting it slightly it's moving up to 1/8 inch from what you wanted. But if you pay attention to the angle of adjustment you can get around the learning curve.

I have been a Carpenter for over 40 years but with this being the first time to buy a hand router, I ordered the Cowryman and Extra Blades at the same time. The order shipped together and arrived promptly and well packaged.Firstly, the Router with 8mm cutter and extra 3mm & 6mm cutters are considerably cheaper than any other Router I have seen online, so it seemed well worth taking a chance on it. It looks quite different to others on the market but that is what happens when patterns evolve over time - and if that is what it takes to make things cheaper, then I am all in favour. One thing is for sure, it doesn't look substandard in anyway.I have seen several reviews mentioning the small knobs being a problem but I have smallish hands, so they feel fine to me. They are well made and secure.The Router came with an alternative Nut that has a lever for those who prefer that arrangement; I don't mind either way because the winged screw fitted during manufacture works well and is unobtrusive.I have to say that as soon as I opened the box, the whole thing did look very well made and is far better than even the online pictures show. It is quite a fair old chunk for what it is, too; not at all a lightweight and flimsy thing. Even the guide rail is thicker than I assumed it would be; it does not slide to the edge of the cutter but I have a Record Combination Plane which takes care of that rebating requirement. It clamps securely onto the plate for other operations...and that is all that matters to me.The base is made from beautifully machined thick metal and is very impressive, being a nice polished finish that far exceeds the quality of many other tools these days. The cutter adjusts smoothly and works perfectly straight from the box, though I dare say that a little honing never does any harm in improving what is already more than acceptable.The extra cutters come in their own little plastic containers and again, they are of excellent quality. Even the 'Thank You' note that comes with the router was quite a pleasant thing to read.All in all, I have to say that the whole Router & Cutters bundle is probably the most pleasing and satisfying purchase that I have made in a long time, especially when it comes to new tools. I am absolutely confident that it will easily last me for the rest of my working and hobbyist life and will no doubt become someone else's for a long time after that.I would highly recommend this product to anyone who is thinking of buying a hand router, whether they be beginner, long time amateur or even lifetime professional. It may look different to traditional designs but don't let the pictures put you off - I am sure you will be surprised when you get hold of one. I was waiting for a Lie-Nielsen to return to stock here in UK but have now cancelled my pre-order as a result of buying the Cowryman because it is more than adequate for hobbyist use in my home workshop when not otherwise working as a Carpenter. I am not a tool snob and if something feels solid and works well, why pay a lot more for so little extra?

This is the first woodworking hand tool I have bought that required no tuneup and no learning how to use it. It came sharp ready to use and worked right out of the box.

Produit de bonne facture, le ciseau très affuté, réglage de profondeur pratique presque précis, l'écrou papillon qui sert au blocage de la profondeur peut être remplacé par un autre écrou (fourni)plus pratique. L'assise assez large permet un appuis sur un seul "bord".Bon produit

This is a great tool. Made of heavy gauge steele and the blade is sharp right out of the box. But after I played with it some I treated it to a decent sharping and honing and it now works even better. The only minor down side is the handles on the plane. Since this came from China they are designed for much smaller hands I be a thinking. It could stand to have larger handles. Had some problems with the depth stop on the blade. Thumb screw kept coming loose. Easy Fix on that was to put some split ring lock washers on it so when you tightened it down it put some tension on the thumb screw and that seem to have fixed the problem. see picture.

This worked perfectly right out of the box. For the price, you really can't beat it. The cuts were straight and accurate, and the measurements of the bits are spot-on. I use it to hand route truss rod channels for guitar necks in hard maple.

Very happy with this Router plane. Not a Veritas by any measure but it works just the same. I polished the blade, filed the edges of the base a little, drilled some holes to mount a larger base when needed. Next I will turn some larger handles for it. For the price I am very happy and really it is not that far behind the high dollar routers that I have used. It does its job, does it well, and at a price I can afford. I bought two router planes, three English made handsaws (a panel, a rip, and tenon saw), and an English made mallet for the price of the one Veritas router plane that I was looking at. So your dollar goes a little further to say the least. Way faster to use and set up as opposed to an electric router.

I like this router plane overall, it does it's main purpose (for me finishing up tennons and dados) very well. The blade is nice and sharp outta the box, didn't even need a hone yet. This is made from a plate of steel with everything boltes on. To me that means if I blame my kids 😁 for knocking on to the floor I can probably fix it, cuz you know, no busted cast metal. The base is 1/4" thick so no noticable flexing either. My only real issue is the knobs, they are nicely turned but too small. Base is 3/4" with the crown at 1 1/4", my palm measures shy of 5" across. If your thinking hand cramps, you'd be right. I'm making new ones soon. The fence that comes with stops at 3/4" from edge of the blade limiting it's use some if making a stopped groove on a frame rail. To that extent, on narrower stock if needed to start cut from the end of, has little at the front for tool support. Overall tho, I like it, and at the price it's far less than the other current makers and I've expressed my concerns to the maker who hopefully addresses at least the knob size. Oh, I forget, there is no attachment point to add a hardwood to the base if we want. Not a deal breaker at all tho, you can figure it out quite easily. Good tool, if you don't have a router plane you should get one.