Low angle block plane made by Gerd Fritsche

[Klaus Kretschmar]

Gerd created this little beauty. Dovetailed body and Brazilian Rosewood. It's the first of his planes with adjustable mouth. The adjustment works similar to the one of Ulmia or ECE bench planes. After the top screw is opened, the mouth will be adjusted with the front screw.

The length of the plane is about 5-1/2", the blade is 1-3/8" wide. It's weight is 820 grams.


http://home.arcor.de/handplanes//woodworking/Blockhobel-1.jpg

http://home.arcor.de/handplanes//woodworking/Block-4.jpg

I like the shape of the palm rest which looks to be rather comfortable. And since the plane is comong from Gerd I bet that it is top quality.

Thanks for looking.

Klaus

[Mark Wyatt]

Wow, that is a great looking plane.

[Peter Pedisich]

Klaus,

Thanks for sharing these photos. I like the detail of the mouth adjustment screw seated in the brass insert - lots of fine work there.

Pete

[Rick Fisher]

Very attractive plane. Wonder what its priced at ?

[Zach England]

I don't see it. :(

[Trevor Walsh]

I don't see it either, but I want to? Do we know what's wrong?

[gary Zimmel]

I'm thinking the links are broken. Maybe Klaus will redo them....
I hope, one can't get enough eye candy.

[george wilson]

I see it o.k.. A very nice plane. The dovetailing is very neat.

[Jessica Pierce-LaRose]

I was seeing it, now I'm not. Going to the address of the image, it autoforwards to a page titled "supsend.txt". I went to the root directory of the page it was linking, and I get an error message (in German) from the hosting company of whomever's page it was - it looks like they've exceeded their bandwidth. From Google, it looks like these photos have been posted to at least a couple of forums. That can kill your traffic limits if they're set low, and if they meter by the month, it is getting close.

Any chance you've got the photos and can post them directly to SMC rather than linking, Klaus?

[Klaus Kretschmar]

Sorry, the server I've used for posting the pics died obviously. Here they are again.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nyjX7LmhZJs/TtMpjlM0L7I/AAAAAAAABxQ/aP5AdUr_nqs/s1600/Blockhobel-1%2Bklein.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m9-v550ODe8/TtMpjLSDrPI/AAAAAAAABxI/uIkUjSpUslc/s1600/Block-4%2Bklein.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CRjeOyA7CPQ/TtMpiwkQSZI/AAAAAAAABw4/LxO1ml0GYHw/s1600/Block-3%2Bklein.jpg

Klaus

[Brent VanFossen]

Brass with an adjustable mouth and Brazilian rosewood. Beautiful.

[Jim Koepke]

Lovely looking, I like the feel of the shape.

jtk

[Klaus Kretschmar]

Very attractive plane. Wonder what its priced at ?

As Gerd told me today, the price is EUR 580 (about $780).

Klaus

[Trevor Walsh]

wow. i like the adjustable mouth. well done.

[Tony Shea]

I would like to see the lever cap detail a little better. Not quite understanding how it works, but then again I have zero plane making experience. The plane is beautiful. Just the other day I was thinking I wanted to check out an infill block plane, low and behold one gets posted on this site the next day. Good stuff Klaus, thanks for spreading the craftsmanship of others that some of us would never see.