I came home yesterday from work and lo and behold, my Hock iron was awaiting for me on our kitchen counter!

I purchased a 1 3/4" wide blade for my first Jack Plane construction attempt.

 

Image below is the iron on its side, I wanted to show off the main 30 degree bevel, there is no secondary, or micro bevel, I love this about these irons! I am not a big fan of micro bevels. I like the full thickness of the intersecting edge contacting the wood surface, for me personally, I notice a difference in registration of the blade to the wood, and there also seems to be a complete lack of chatter without micro bevels. That's just my own personal fiction, many folks believe in and use the micro bevel in their planes. And that is fine, we all have our nuances.

 

I purchased this iron from David Finck's website, he is the fellow I also purchased the book from at:

The Hock irons have a legendary reputation, I have never owned one before, but I do now, and I am very happy with it. Now I need to get to work on the creation of my Krenov style wood plane.

I'll keep yall informed of my progress!

Did you let the iron out of your sight last night? Congrats! I am looking forward to following the build of your plane

Just now, Chips N Dust said:

Did you let the iron out of your sight last night? Congrats! I am looking forward to following the build of your plane

I started to go to sleep with it Chips, but it wasn't very comfortable.

Good looking blade but, I wouldn't want to sleep with it either.

Count another looking fwd to the plane build.

Remember, John...pictures, pictures, pictures...the story is no good without them.

 

I've been wanting to do the same type of build myself. Maybe this will motivate me!

8 minutes ago, schnewj said:

Remember, John...pictures, pictures, pictures...the story is no good without them.

 

I've been wanting to do the same type of build myself. Maybe this will motivate me!

Oh you bet man! I am a big picture fan too, I'll shoot them as I progress. Thank you for your interest!

Can't wait to see that.  I saw them in the past but only in their finished state. 

2 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

Can't wait to see that.  I saw them in the past but only in their finished state. 

Same here Dan, now I'll have first hand knowledge right. I have a nice little slab of lumber I am going to make my plane and others from. I think it's an 8/4 chunk of Apple in a slab about 24" by 24". Nice and air dried too.

I have a Stanley #8 with a Hock blade. Blade may be worth at least half the cost of the plane.

30 minutes ago, Gerald said:

I have a Stanley #8 with a Hock blade. Blade may be worth at least half the cost of the plane.

That sounds about right Gerald!

On 10/8/2016 at 10:49 AM, John Morris said:

my Hock iron was awaiting for me

Hock irons is some good stuff...

you won't regret the purchase...

A nice iron John. Look forward as everyone else on following the plane build.

2 minutes ago, John Moody said:

A nice iron John. Look forward as everyone else on following the plane build.

Thanks John, I was almost ready to start in on it today, but I saw my rocker staring back at me when I entered the shop, it wants to be finished, and sold. So does our bank account want it to be finished, and sold!

2 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Thanks John, I was almost ready to start in on it today, but I saw my rocker staring back at me when I entered the shop, it wants to be finished, and sold. So does our bank account want it to be finished, and sold!

 

I understand that, it is why I am trying to get things put back away so I can have room to work now. All this stuff has been sitting on all the flat surfaces and in the floor so I couldn't move around.