Wooden Planes:|
All planes come standard in Ipe, Padouk, or Purpleheart, including Ipe strike blocks. There are many other woods available, so ask when you order and we'll tell you what is in stock. You can have your iron set to 45º, 47º, 50º, 55º, or 60º. The jack and jointer are set at 47º unless you request a different angle. Planes can be made to fit your needs, changing width, height, length, and/or shape. Just ask! All bench planes now have sliding adjustable mouths.

Allbench planes now avalible in Kit form.

- Smoothing Plane
 - Pocket Plane
 - Jack Plane
 - Jointer Plane
 - Scrub Plane
 - Japanese Style Plane

What are the advantages of the different set angles? 

• 45º - Great for planing softwoods and North American hardwoods such as maple and walnut and such. It can handle figured maple well, but will have problems with figured cherry and walnut. This angle is the easiest to push/pull.
• 47° -  A good compromise between good tear-out performance and effortless use.
• 50º -  Great for North American hardwoods with some to lots of figure. It can handle pine, if needed, and can take on straight grained tropicals, too. This plane takes more effort than the 45 but is not hard to pull/push.
• 55º -  For highly-figured American hardwoods and figured tropicals. This plane takes more effort to push/pull than the others, but easily gives good results on figured woods.
• 60º -  For extremely hard-to-work woods and for use as a scraper plane. It takes the most effort to use this plane.

All planes have brass set-screws to center the iron and make adjusting easy.

Japanese plane iron upgrade 

Knight-toolworks and Harrolson with www.japanesetools.com have worked hard to bring the worlds first handmade Japanese iron made to fit a normal plane.

These irons are blue steel and wrought had forged together. They are ¼” thick and 2” wide and 5” long. The irons are direct replacements for my normal O-1 irons with little work to fit them.

The irons will stay sharp far longer then O-1 or A-2 give a deeper surface and plane with even less tearout. They also take less effort to use. I believe these are the best irons for a more normal type of plane. They are hand stamped with Shizu Tani (tranquil valley)

5" Japanese
replacement irons - $100
Prices included shipping charges

Coffin & Finish Smoothing Plane

The smoothing plane is used to put the final finish on your work.  (Less work and a far better finish than sanding.) The coffin plane is great: just get behind it and push all day! It’s good for large surfaces too. The finish plane can be held in a lot of different ways and used one-handed. It both pushes and pulls well.

Dimensions of the coffin plane are 7.5" X 3" X 2.75" with a 2" iron 5" long.  The finish plane is 7.5" X 3" X 1.75" with a 2" iron 3.5" long.   This plane has an adjustable mouth to compensate for wear.  A very tight mouth produces extremely fine shavings and little tear-out.  The plane is available with a 45º iron for normal use on most woods. A 50º iron for figured and most woods, 55º for high figured woods, or a 60º  iron for use on very figured woods is available.  With a 45º and 1/4" thick iron, this finish plane will slice curly maple with little or no tear-out.  This plane works great with small to large hands. The plane can also comes with a short iron that allows you to put your hand over it. The plane comes sanded and sealed.

Finish Smoothing Plane

Pocket Planes are used to put the final finish on your work.  (Less work and a far better finish than sanding.)

A small plane with a 1.5" iron... made for small or tight areas.  It is 5.5" long and has the same fine features as my regular planes.  Constructed with a very tight mouth for the finest of shavings.  

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The Jack Plane is used for hogging off wood, leveling, flattening, and smoothing surfaces.

 Approximately 15" X 3" X 1.75" This plane comes with a 2" iron, an adjustable Ipe mouth block and sole (for extreme wear resistance and slickness).  The wider mouth opening is for larger shavings.  Two pounds of additional heft can be added.  The razee jointer is approximately 15" X 3" X 2.75" with a Stanley #8 replica tote.

The Jointer Plane is used to level a surface and make it flat, or join edges for good glue ups.  It serves the same purpose as a power joiner, but is much quieter.

Japanese style planes such as this Japanese style pull plane can be custom made.   Finish, Jack, or Jointer planes are available with custom made irons. These are custom built for Knight Toolworks. Japanese irons for only $100.00 extra.  This are handmade from Blue steel and 100 year old wrought iron. If you want a great plane, the laminated Japanese irons can't be beat.  These planes come with ipe wood soles, with the irons set at any angle, so you can plane almost any wood. This plane can only be made from white oak.

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The Scrub Plane is used for hogging off wood.  It can take warped boards or boards that are too thick and plane them close to their finished thickness very fast.

This great scrub plane is 9" long.  It features a 1.5" iron.  It will be the easiest-to-use scrub plane you will own. The razee style scrub is a great toted plane.

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