Thoughts on Bridge City HP-6v2 and HP-8 wanted

^I’ve heard nothing but good things about them. There are a few guys in the handplanes of your dreams thread that I know own them. They’ll be happy to tell you what they think, I’m sure. They’re expensive, true, but they’re very functional and the quality is a no-brainer, obviously. I’ll be jealous if you get them:)

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

I’m wondering if getting the rabbet profile which says that can function as a 55* block plane would allow it to function for my block plane needs for a while?

-- Wood is not velveeta

I do not own the HP-8 but I own the HP-6 and the HP6v2. They are small planes so I am not sure if you would want to use them as a block plane as the surface you would be using is about 1 inch or so. In my opinion the strength of the HP6 planes are decorative face and corner cuts. If you have a use for these then get one, they are great, if you don’t and all you want is a rabbet plane then I think there are cheaper alternatives like the Veritas planes.

I use my planes a lot for window edge and face decorations but I have not found much use for them outside of these applications. Of course this could be only my limited imagination.. :-)

-- Just because you’ve always done it that way doesn’t mean it’s not incredibly stupid.

Or perhaps I’m using too much imagination for the capability of the plane ;) Kinda why I asked the question.

-- Wood is not velveeta

Have you ever used a multi-plane?

It’s not as much fun as you might expect.

Those Bridge City tools are collectible though so you can
count on recovering most of your investment if it
doesn’t work for you.

Haven’t used a multiplane so you might be correct. It hits my techie vibe just right but probably not a good reason to get a woodworking tool ;)

-- Wood is not velveeta