Since 1982, Hock Tools has been making high quality Replacement Plane and Spokeshave Blades. These handmade blades are 17% thicker than standard blades, allowing closer throat-opening settings, finer shavings, and reduced chatter.  Fits Stanley, Bailey, Record, Footprint, and most other planes. Made in USA or France. Honing required before use.

Available in O1 High Carbon Steel or A2 Cryogenically-treated tool steel.  O1 blades feature a hardened grain structure that is as fine as possible which allows honing to the sharpest possible edge.  A2 blades have a larger grain structure and are cryogenically treated helping them to retain a sharp edge longer.  While the A2 retains its edge longer, the O1 is easier to sharpen to the sharpest edge possible.

Replacement Blade Types:

• Bench Plane Blades
• Block Plane Blades
• Spokeshave Blades
• Shoulder Plane Blades

Also available:

HOCK Chipbreakers: Upgrading your plane with a Hock Blade? Add one of their Chip-Breakers for the ultimate plane blade tune-up! A plane's chip-breaker (also called a back-iron or cap-iron) deflects shavings up and away from the cutting edge allowing the blade to shear the wood fibers before they lever up and tear out of the wood surface. This deflection also bends and breaks the shaving fibers so they can't lift and tear out ahead of the blade.

The Perfect Edge, the Ultimate Guide to Sharpening for Woodworkers by Ron Hock: With detailed chapters on steel metallurgy and abrasives as well as how-to chapters for all the edges in the shop it has become the reference for this essential skill.