> $59.00 ?... yikes!
> The list price for our #8 blade is $39.00 in high carbon or $49.50 in Cryo
> A2. You might find them for less out there but $59.00? Where did you see
> them for that much?
> And yes, we do have cap irons for the #8 for $24.00.
>
>
It's the two prices added together. Actually it is $63 for both! Previously I saw $20
for the 2 3/8" cap iron, thought the 2 5/8" might be the same. But, I do need both.
Alex
>Anyone know if there is a #8 blade (2-5/8" wide) and cap iron that is
>more reasonably priced than everyone's popular favorites, such as Hock?
>$59 is just about twice too much!
>
>Thanks all,
>
>Alex
Reminds me of kind of a gloat I reported a while back. Woodcraft had the #8
Hock blade on its clearance rack at 80% off & I paid about $10 for it. Problem
was when I got it home it didn't fit my Miller Falls 18 (a #6 clone) - damn! So
I did the only thing possible, I played on ebay until I bought a #8C for $50 to
go with my $10 blade.
Sorry, didn't answer your question unless you too can find one on a clearance
table somewhere.
Dave Hall
AAvK wrote:
> "AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:8wvmd.105259$bk1.5786@fed1read05...
> >
> > > Check here http://www.stjamesbaytoolco.com/. I don't see one listed, but
> > > their other blades and irons are reasonably priced. You'll probably have to
> > > send them an email to see if they have or can get #8 parts. I'm sure they
> > > can.
> > >
> > Well yes, I see they have a really good price on their 2 3/8 blade and cap iron
> > with screw at 16.95, so I will give them a call. Thanks for the suggestion.
> >
> >
> There, I just called and he will make the blade alone for $30 using a very basic
> heat treating method and oil quenching using O-1 tool steel. What he lists is
> is Stanley original stock, at those prices.
>
> Alex
After looking for a cap iron for a number of years at garage sales and flea markets
without luck I got the cap iron from Ron Hock. I shouldn't have wasted my time looking
elsewhere.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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"Hock Tools" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> $59.00 ?... yikes!
>
> The list price for our #8 blade is $39.00 in high carbon or $49.50 in Cryo
> A2. You might find them for less out there but $59.00? Where did you see
> them for that much?
>
> And yes, we do have cap irons for the #8 for $24.00.
>
> Ron Hock
> HOCK TOOLS www.hocktools.com
A good friend of mine sez to me - buy the best and cry only once.
I've gotten carbon steel and cryo/A2 irons from Ron. They are
unmatched in my ten or so years of planing lots and lots and lots of
wood. I have the A2 in a #6. Life is too short to use something less
capable.
Expensive is once, cheap is forever.
Humbly submitted,
O'Deen
"AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<A6omd.101836$bk1.63870@fed1read05>...
> Anyone know if there is a #8 blade (2-5/8" wide) and cap iron that is
> more reasonably priced than everyone's popular favorites, such as Hock?
> $59 is just about twice too much!
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Alex
try making one! good luck.....$59.00 might just be a fair value...
Mike
> Check here http://www.stjamesbaytoolco.com/. I don't see one listed, but
> their other blades and irons are reasonably priced. You'll probably have to
> send them an email to see if they have or can get #8 parts. I'm sure they
> can.
>
>
Well yes, I see they have a really good price on their 2 3/8 blade and cap iron
with screw at 16.95, so I will give them a call. Thanks for the suggestion.
Alex
> Reminds me of kind of a gloat I reported a while back. Woodcraft had the #8
> Hock blade on its clearance rack at 80% off & I paid about $10 for it. Problem
> was when I got it home it didn't fit my Miller Falls 18 (a #6 clone) - damn! So
> I did the only thing possible, I played on ebay until I bought a #8C for $50 to
> go with my $10 blade.
> Sorry, didn't answer your question unless you too can find one on a clearance
> table somewhere.
>
>
That's cool, we all make mistakes. The Stanley #8 I just bought is an early type 10 with
no frog adjustment, and that is not shown at Leach's site. I emailed him about it with a
digital shot, never answered.
But it was a killer deal as the tag on it said $95, he let me have it for $50. But the cap
iron is too warped to use and the blade has got to be the original one from 1907.It
looks like it might have too much in the way of micro cracks and warping. 24 inches
of ugly beauty and no cracks in the main casting.
Alex
> A good friend of mine sez to me - buy the best and cry only once.
> I've gotten carbon steel and cryo/A2 irons from Ron. They are
> unmatched in my ten or so years of planing lots and lots and lots of
> wood. I have the A2 in a #6. Life is too short to use something less
> capable.
> Expensive is once, cheap is forever.
> Humbly submitted,
> O'Deen
I thank you. I am considering buying the set, one eBay seller refuses to
make a blade for me until he relocates by January, $9 difference, but he
uses a proper high carbon steel and an advanced method of heat treating
in atmosphere controlled ovens, compared to a "torch".
By the way... me buying the numbah 8 is was the result of your advice in
a previous thread comparing 7 and 8 planes, also mentioned in the B&G
pages, thanks for the rightious influence!
Alex
"AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:A6omd.101836$bk1.63870@fed1read05...
>
> Anyone know if there is a #8 blade (2-5/8" wide) and cap iron that is
> more reasonably priced than everyone's popular favorites, such as Hock?
> $59 is just about twice too much!
Check here http://www.stjamesbaytoolco.com/. I don't see one listed, but
their other blades and irons are reasonably priced. You'll probably have to
send them an email to see if they have or can get #8 parts. I'm sure they
can.
Bob
$59.00 ?... yikes!
The list price for our #8 blade is $39.00 in high carbon or $49.50 in Cryo
A2. You might find them for less out there but $59.00? Where did you see
them for that much?
And yes, we do have cap irons for the #8 for $24.00.
Ron Hock
HOCK TOOLS www.hocktools.com
> > Anyone know if there is a #8 blade (2-5/8" wide) and cap iron that is
> > more reasonably priced than everyone's popular favorites, such as Hock?
> > $59 is just about twice too much!
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:08:16 -0800, AAvK wrote:
>
> "AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:8wvmd.105259$bk1.5786@fed1read05...
>>
>> > Check here http://www.stjamesbaytoolco.com/. I don't see one listed,
>> > but their other blades and irons are reasonably priced. You'll
>> > probably have to send them an email to see if they have or can get #8
>> > parts. I'm sure they can.
>> >
>> Well yes, I see they have a really good price on their 2 3/8 blade and
>> cap iron with screw at 16.95, so I will give them a call. Thanks for the
>> suggestion.
>>
>>
> There, I just called and he will make the blade alone for $30 using a very
> basic heat treating method and oil quenching using O-1 tool steel. What he
> lists is is Stanley original stock, at those prices.
You can get a #8 Hock for $32.50 here:
http://thebestthings.com/newtools/hock.htm
I've ordered several Hock blades there.
--
Joe Wells
"AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:8wvmd.105259$bk1.5786@fed1read05...
>
> > Check here http://www.stjamesbaytoolco.com/. I don't see one listed, but
> > their other blades and irons are reasonably priced. You'll probably have to
> > send them an email to see if they have or can get #8 parts. I'm sure they
> > can.
> >
> Well yes, I see they have a really good price on their 2 3/8 blade and cap iron
> with screw at 16.95, so I will give them a call. Thanks for the suggestion.
>
>
There, I just called and he will make the blade alone for $30 using a very basic
heat treating method and oil quenching using O-1 tool steel. What he lists is
is Stanley original stock, at those prices.
Alex
> After looking for a cap iron for a number of years at garage sales and flea markets
> without luck I got the cap iron from Ron Hock. I shouldn't have wasted my time looking
> elsewhere.
>
>
And Mr. Hock himself called me back after I left a message there, he said
the 2 5/8" cap iron is $24.95, is regular stock, but they don't list it on the
site.
Alex