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Trent
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2016
This is the biggest waste of 35.00 dollars.It is nearly impossible to get adjusted correctly and even if you can do this you have to deal with the fact that after one swipe it clogs with shavings that you have to push out from the side with a screwdriver.While it looks like a pretty cool little plane it is not.It is worthless.I am however thinking of trying some modifications on it since I'm past the return date.I'm thinking of cutting off the front arched piece where it clogs and just using it that way.I will tell you that it does not cut through wood like butter as one review claimed.Save your money for a Veritis. UPDATE 2/14/17 If you have the tools and are able to tune this little guy(Flatten the sole,take about a 1/16 of an inch total from the sides to match blade width and maybe a little filing where the sides of the blade contact on the inside top of the plane)you have a pretty awesome little bullnose plane.The quality is good and I would say that you could reasonably expect to have to do these thing on a $35 plane.Since my original review I have learned much about hand planes and again consider this a very nice little plane.
Alan Dale Daniel
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2015
We understand that an inexpensive tool isn’t going to match a very expensive tool; nonetheless, it should do whatever it is that the tool is supposed to do. This bullnose plane doesn’t plane wood effectively. The wood gathers in the opening and jams the plane almost immediately. This occurred after I had spent an hour honing the back of the plane blade and sharpening the angle to a fine edge. This means the blade was sharp enough to take transparent shavings off the fur strip I was testing the tool on. It did not take such shavings and jammed with the ones it did take.Adjusting the tool was nearly impossible. After sharping the plane iron I put the tool together and set it on my workbench allowing the sharpened edge of the plane iron to touch the top of the workbench. Then I tightened the small knob to the rear and tried to take a shaving. I figured the blade should take nothing or next to nothing because I had set it even with the surrounding plane body (bullnose to the front, sole of the plane to the back). Instead it tried to take off a huge chunk of wood.The result was because tightening the screw that holds the blade against the plane changes the setting of the blade. It pushed the blade forward significantly. Setting the blade depth depends on eyeballing the distance then tightening this screw. There is no mechanical adjustment screw. Also, the blade is not held square with the body of the plane in any fashion. Thus, you have to set the depth and the angle of the blade to the sole, plus allow for the movement caused by the little tightening screw, all at the same time. This is very hard to do with arthritis and less than 20-20 vision. After a dozen tries it still wasn't exactly where I wanted it.The plane, even when taking rather thin shavings, quickly jams with wood. My strip of wood was less than a foot long and as the plane reached the halfway point it was totally jammed with wood. I had to use a small screwdriver to push the wood shavings out between cuts. This resulted in a very rough surface, more like mauled surface.The plane is not useful and, considering its drawbacks, not worth the price.AD2
Kazmania
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2014
This is a nice little plane for the money. I don't care how much you spend on a plane, all of them need to have be inspected, trued and have the blades sharpened. With that said the high dollar planes are a close to being perfect as money can buy..... but still not perfect. These Kunz planes are a great starting platform for an awesome everyday planes because the materials are top notch, they are made in Germany (not China), the designs are all copies of the tried and true Stanley models, and really the amount of work you put into it to get a high end outcome is minimal. So that is my reason for giving it a five. I feel overall that the Kunz planes are all a five when the dust settles and the work is done. It is like money in the bank.Yes my hand planes are the most used tools in the shop and yes I do own some of the high dollar planes as well. The high dollar planes are nice, work great, less work overall, but at the same time I work really hard for my money and that is why I think a little work on my plane to bring up to my expectations is expected. I take my expensive planes apart and have to work on those too. These are suppose to be tools after all not a work of art that you are scared to use because you had to take out a second mortgage on the family farm to afford the tools (exaggeration but you get my point).
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