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Your cart is empty.The Faithfull 'Jack' planes have a long base and are used for the initial preparation of rough timber. Made with a quality grey cast iron body for strength and stability with precision ground base and sides for flatness and squareness. Machined seatings eliminate movement and blade judder. A lever cap with a brass locking screw secures the blade assembly and enables easy release for sharpening. Wooden handles and guidance knobs maximise user comfort. A solid brass blade adjustment nut completes the appeal of these traditional tools.Presented in a fine hinged wooden storage case. Cutter width: 50mm (2in) Overall length: 355mm (14in) No.5 Bench Plane in Wooden Box
couderc
Reviewed in France on May 31, 2024
Rien a redire,tres belle facture,belle finition ,agréable a l'utilisation,le fer de coupe est bien,les pièces sont proprebien usinée,semelle d'équerre,juste un tout petit écart sur les joues mais vraiment rien d'alarmant.Donc rapport qualité prix,ça en vaut la peine .
Okid
Reviewed in Sweden on January 14, 2024
I ordered one of these, but it had problems, so I ordered another one, thinking it might be a one defective item, but the second one was even worse.And the problems:Overall build quality is really poor. Lever cap thickness is not uniform. It is thicker on side than the other. And the blade, it is rust on several points, and has a big ump on the backside. The blade edge is not square to the side.
mark
Reviewed in Australia on October 28, 2023
the plane arrived in pieces and the Finnish was pretty rough. The blade adjuster was tighten so hard I had to use pliers to lossen it. I have spent a few hours trying to flatten the sole and still have a way to go and the sides are out of square. Although this plane has frog adjustment I could not turn the screw as it was wedged into the bottom of the plane I managed to get it out and grind away the offending metal only to find any adjustment rendered the plane unusable so now is in a fixed position. Blade adjustment is hit or miss probably due to the over tightening by supplier. This was the second tool purchase from Amazon this week that turned out bad and now I'm out of cash and 2 tools that are basically useless and I'm not a rich guy. I have rated this 1 star should be zero.
Giovanni L.
Reviewed in Italy on May 24, 2022
Arrivata ottimamente imballata, subito pronta da usare, con poco lavoro sul ferro pialla che è una meraviglia, consigliata
Patrick R.
Reviewed in Germany on September 18, 2019
Das Ding ist für den Preis unschlagbar. Aber was man hier an Geld spart muss man halt an Zeit investieren. Ist ja alles schon angesprochen worden: Sohle und Backen dürfen gerne planer geschliffen, poliert und rechtwinklig gestellt werden, das Maul eventuell winklig gefeilt werden (war bei mir jetzt kein Faktor, aber gut).Das Eisen ist selbstverständlich aus der Box nicht zu gebrauchen. Das lässt sich zwar mittels Schleifstein und Abziehriemen deutlich verbessern, jedoch so richtig toll wird das trotzdem nicht. Vielleicht ein Sonntagseisen, denke aber eher, mehr darf man bei dem Preis auch nicht erwarten. Macht nix, wird vergleichsweise günstig durch ein hochwertigeres ersetzt und gut ist.Wenn der Spanbrecher nicht das tut was er soll, den halt auch noch plan schleifen, das geht ja ruckzuck.Sollten die Griffe schief oder ähnliches sein lässt sich das auch richten, die sind ja aus Holz: denke jemand der eine Bankhobel braucht wird da schon versiert genug sein, um eine Lösung zu finden ;) war bei mir aber nicht nötig.Ansonsten technisch an den beweglichen Teilen kann ich bei meinem nichts feststellen das die Funktion beeinträchtigen würde.Um die Dinge durchzuführen, die ich grade beschrieben hab, braucht man als minimum Nassschleifpapier, eine ebene Fläche (ein Stück Granitfensterbank oder ähnliches), einen Winkel, eine Schlüsselfeile, Schleifsteine und Abziehriehmen; also alles Dinge die man theoretisch eh in der Werkstatt hat.Ach ja, und Zeit braucht man auch, denn die Sohle und Backen schleifen wird dauern. Wer das nicht kann oder will muss dann halt deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen, dann haben das die Jungs bei Veritas oder Lie Nielsen nämlich alles schon für einen gemacht ;)Und letzter Punkt: habe öfter gelsesen, dass der Griff ziemlich klein sei. Tatsächlich fällt dieser etwas kleiner aus als bei den Hobeln anderer Hersteller, die ich besitze. Wenn man ziemlich große Hände hat könnte das tatsächlich eng werden.Lange Rede kurzer Sinn, 5 Sterne, weil die Preisleistung bombastisch ist. Dem Hobel Sterne abzuziehen, weil er nicht so sauber gefertigt ist wie ein Hobel der das sechs fache kosten ist Wettbewerbsverzerrung.Update: habe zufällig gesehen was der Hobel mittlerweile kostet. Ich kann mich leider nicht mehr exakt daran erinnern was ich damals bezahlt habe, aber ich meine es waren so um die €30-35.Daher ist meine Bewertung nur noch bedingt brauchbar: für die fast €60,- die jetzt aufgerufen werden wäre ich mit der Qualität nicht mehr einverstanden. Eventuell hat sich aber ja außer dem Preis auch die Qualität erhöht, das weiß ich freilich nicht.
PCTracer
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2016
The sole is not flat, but who cares! Only lazy people care about that!This is a good plane. The only small problem with these faithful planes, is the yoke or Y adjusting lever.It doesn't seem long enough.Everything else, is fine.You have to flatten the sole, and maybe the sides if you are that "extreme" with it. And hone the blade. But once you are done, it can contended with a Stanley, a record, or Lie Nielson even! You can simply replace the blade with a Hock brand one or (A2?). Then it would definitely perform as well as one of the high dollar ones.You buy this plane to "brush it up" so in terms of this, you will not run into MAJOR problems in perfecting this plane.I bought a 5 Piece carpenter set from these people, and there are some things that you should look out for. For all the planes that they make.1.) Security of the handle. Make sure it doesn't wobble even when its tightened.2.) Block planes- make sure the mouth channel is machined correctly.3.) Smoothing Planes. Make sure the Frog sits right on the bed and that it is machined fair (Not necessarily precise). One of the planes I got where the Frog sits near the mouth of the bed, had large chips in and around the where it glides on the bed of the plane. It should all be intact.Any other minor adjustments, such as replacing the Yoke, or sanding the frog/sole, replacing the blade, YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF!You are buying a "rough" plane here. Its not like a Lie Nielson or Veritas where you PAY HIGH $$$ for it to be done at their factory. Which I see as a waste where you can just do it yourself.FYI: Lube the parts with white lithium grease.The only other difference between this and a high dollar one is the quality of the iron itself. Theses planes if not sanded and polished, will oxidize (rust) at a much faster rate than the high dollar ones. WHY?Because of the anti-oxidation properties they put into the high dollar ones.With this hand plane the iron, is of a lower quality.You can tell by the "pitting" in certain areas like the cap iron and when you sand the sole down, and leave it for a few days, it rusts a little.You can solve this by sanding down the sole VERY fine, as far as you can take it, and polishing it regularly. This finer surface will resist oxidation and moisture a lot better, and when you polish it, I imagine it will "resist" oxidations just as well as the Veritas or Lie Nielson.
David N
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2016
Arrived fast and it has been great to work with so far. The bottom is perfectly flat and the blade sharp. The blade holds position during use. The sides are nowhere near square to the bottom, but I don't envision that being a major issue for my usages of leveling and smoothing the edges and faces of wood.
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