508824 Hand Plane No. 5 50 x 2 mm Blade

As expected; in good nick! But need to glue handle on. This is a good jack plane.

Overall this is good value for the money, but... you have to know how to set up a plane. Don't expect a ready to use item because it's not ready at all. Mine arrived with a concave sole, dull blade and even the frog was not align with the mouth. I had to plane the sole flat with sand paper on a true surface, and sharp the bade with japanese water stone 1000/6000 that I happen to own. If you don't have tools to sharp the blade you should consider not buying this because the stones are quite expensive, anyway if you buy a more expensive plane you will have to sharp the blade sooner or later, so it's your choice depending on the usage you will give to the tool. At the end I'm happy with it because I manage to make it a good tool at a low price but it didn't arrived like this, and was a lot of hand work to get that sole plane!

Again another product that is not usable.None of the walls are square.I buy this to use it with a shooting board but is not square at all.The sole is not flat.Very dissapointed!

The handle is a bit loose, the blade was jagged had to resharpen it

very satisfied

It's not a Stanley or other top brand , as its cheap but that being said it's not bad and it does need a lot of fettling to get a good result but so do other brands just don't expect to use it straight out of the box

It was clear to me that the No 5 plane would need a lot of preparig but not so much. The sole was like banana. even now , after a lot of sole leveling (cca 5 hours) on the glass plate (be awere that this is no 5) it is stil not flat. Finnaly I decided to use it as a jack plane for rough removal of stock and I ve bought Yuuma no 5 for leveling and jointing plane and for shooting board use.

Well my £6.74 No.5 plane arrived today (ordered it from Amazon yesterday lunchtime, so quite quickly)......so here's my findings. Upon inspection the sole and sides seem to be very flat (flat enough for accurate work), which is great since I wasn't sure they would be - some cheaper plane manufacturers don't seem to have a grasp on the principles of how a plane works. The Rosewood handles look great, slightly lighter in colour than the above photo. In comparison to my 1950's Stanleys, they feel slightly thinner, and a bit less comfy, but then again they still need to be broken in I guess. The brass fixings are a nice touch and all look fine, the only change I'd make is in that the front knob screw has a dome head instead of flat, which makes it a little less comfortable when holding the plane - I might grind it flat, not really decided yet.The only structural aspect that I didn't really like about the plane is that it uses a frog adjuster that's a bit more basic than the Bailey design, instead of the frog having a fork at the bottom that the adjustment screw moves, the frog has a groove in it on it's sole and a circular insert is pushed by the screw. The brass adjusting wheel also lies a bit closer to the base, making it harder to get a screwdriver in there. I can't see why it wouldn't work properly, I'm just not as fond of it as I am the original Bailey or Bedrock designs.The blade is a bit hit and miss to be honest, there were aspects that I like and those that I don't. 2mm thickness as expected, and nothing different from the Stanley usual from a design standpoint. The iron comes ground at the proper 25 degree angle which is handy for a beginner who doesn't fancy having to regrind it down from 30 degrees or doesn't have the tools, and is just about ground square to the sides of the iron. There was a small nick in the edge of the blade when I got it, possibly due to the fact it was extended very far out of the mouth when I got it out of the box. I didn't bother grinding it out though, I went straight to sharpening and honed the blade with various grits of Japanese Waterstones up to 6000 grit. The blade sharpened fairly quickly, and doesn't hold a very fine edge - certainly not razor sharp like a laminated Japanese blade. I've not had chance to try it for edge retention, although I'm not expecting much. Having said this, it should be suitable to make curly shavings, and while I wouldn't bank on it for very accurate work, as a Jack plane for heavy stock removal it should do it's job well and without that much difficulty. I've got a 2" Stanley blade that I won on ebay the other night for under £3 total coming this week, so after popping that in there it should perform fine.Holding the plane, it feels a bit lighter than you'd expect for a No.5, but the base still feels fairly solid. There's enough mass there to keep the plane in adequate motion while working. It's not a tool built to last 100 years like an old Stanley, but I expect it should last at least 15 and for £6 that's a bargain - by then a serious woodworker should have upgraded to a more high quality plane anyway. Planing with it using a well honed blade pulled out of my Stanley No.4 is fine, nothing special but it does the job - certainly no reasons to complain anyway. I'm not sure what they were thinking when they set this plane up at the factory, but the blade was protruding at least 6mm below the mouth with the frog set to give a huge gaping gap between the blade and front edge of the mouth. Jack planes are used for removing thicker shavings, but that's rediculous - I've got visions in my head of some poor sod thinking he can use a plane just like any power tool, buying one and slamming that blade into a piece of figured Sycamore!Overall, I'd say this plane is a great buy for the money, and while you'd need to replace the blade for serious accurate work, for just over £6 it's an absolute steal and well worth getting if you've got a few quid lying around and need a certain size plane for a job.