At less than an ounce and only 89 mm (3-1/2 inch) long overall, it is a third the size of our regular flat-bottomed spokeshave, and is useful for making fine shaping cuts where a full-sized tool would be too bulky or awkward to use.

Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Axminster Tool Centre Ltd trading as Axminster Tools acts as a broker and offers finance from a restricted range of finance providers, PayPal Credit is a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH. Made of investment-cast stainless steel, the low-profile body (9/16 inch tall = 14 mm) has a 45° blade bed, a tight fixed mouth opening and bubinga handles.Made in Canada and supplied in a French-fitted embossed leatherette presentation box, it is sure to be appreciated by woodworkers and collectors.

Plane bodies are made from stress relieved ductile cast iron surface ground to very fine tolerances. The sliding properties can be further improved by applying a dry lubricant to the plane and running surface. At about 1/3 the scale of the full-size tool, it measures 3-13/16 inch (81 mm) wide overall and weighs about 425 g.Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. At just under 60mm long and 19mm wide, it is a useful size for small-scale work or where a larger plane would be difficult to use. The 15/16 inch (24 mm) wide blade, made of spring steel and ground at a 45° angle, is held at a consistent depth and angle. I'm sure that a careful sharpening would make it even better, but it is useful and lovely as it is, almost right out of the box.