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Your cart is empty.The Faithfull No.6 Fore plane is designed for stock removal and truing long edges or levelling wide boards. Made with a quality grey cast iron body for strength and stability with precision ground base and sides for flatness and squareness. Machined seatings eliminate movement and blade judder. A lever cap with a brass locking screw secures the blade assembly and enables easy release for sharpening. Wooden handles and guidance knobs maximise user comfort. A solid brass blade adjustment nut completes the appeal of these traditional tools. Blade will require honing before use. Description: No.6 Fore Plane Cutter Width: 60mm Overall Length: 460mm
nhor
Reviewed in Saudi Arabia on January 10, 2025
Very satisfied customer and feel like a professional wood working i really like it i feel comfortable when i use this hand plane thanks to faithfull i have now beautiful hand planeš¤š¤š¤
Ric
Reviewed in Australia on July 16, 2024
Very nice foreplane. After the usual tuning and setup, it planes as well as any other (more expensive) plane.
88BB
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2022
It's a hand plane for intermediate users cause You will need to have some knowledge of how hand planes are supposed to work. How each part is supposed to interact with another to get it to shave. Overall, it's a crap shoot. You might get a ok one or you might get a turd. So you are faithfull's QC department.Plus a no 6 is not that useful since a no5 can do the rough stuff and no7 is for jointing. So a no 6 is redundant, but if you have any injury or think a no 7 is too heavy then a no 6 makes sense.I returned mine since the blade had a big crack/bubble in the steel once I got to flattening the back. I messaged the seller to replace the blade but faithless chose not to reply so back it goes. You are on your own when it comes to QC and C's support.
D. Fischer
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2022
Once you get this beast ready to use (clean off the oil, flatten and sharpen the blade, & etc.) this is a wood curl making monster. Got a cupped 2x8 you need for a bench? Run this heavy chunk of cast metal down that hump and boom, you have a flat plank for that bench. Rough cut sawn boards? No problem. After some quick work with this Fore Plane, that board is ready to work with your jack or smoothing plane. This is my first Fore Plane so I have nothing to compare it against but it has made my life a whole lot easier. Iām a happy camper and would buy another one.
Kazmania
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2021
I gave this five stars because it is a great tool for the money. It took a little bit to get to me because it came from England. I checked all the surfaces with a machinist square and a straight edge. The edges are perfectly 90 degrees, the flats are pretty flat but not dead flat (which they don't need to be). I sharpened the blade on my Tormek so it was razor sharp and polished it to a mirror shine (in my experience the mirror finish helps it stay sharper longer and it feels nice). The furniture is very nice and coated in some kind of poly. While I own some higher level tools like Veritas and this tool is not to that level I feel they don't need to be. This tool works just as good overall in my humble opinion. The No.6 is bigger than the No.5 (Stanley numbering system) and I find it very handy when jointing on smaller work pieces or you are just looking for an in-between for a Jack plane (5) or a long jointer plane like the 7 or 8. They call it a Fore plane because you use it be-Fore many of the other planes and for that purpose it does a great job. It is heavy enough to take larger shavings and knock off high points and jointing edges. Plus it fills a hole in my collection. Making wood shavings with my planes is the most favorite portion of the work and I find it to be a very good stress reliever.My only criticism of the tool is the size of the Tote (main handle). It is the same size as the one I got with there No.3, which is fine for the small No.3 and to small and a little uncomfortable for the bigger No.6. Eventually I will probably just make a new one using a Stanley template. But it is really not that bad and I have big hands.If your budget is a little smaller, you don't want to refurbish vintage planes, or you just want a robust plane that work hard this is a great buy. All planes need to be sharpened either up front or eventually (everyday). So I don't see that as a negative at all. With that point in mind, these planes are great because you don't pay a huge amount and you can put a little money toward a sharpening system which is so vital to all your cutting tools. Sharp tools just work better no matter what the name on the tool is.That is my two cents. Enjoy and good luck.
TJ
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2021
I'm a woodworker by hobby, looking for a four plane. After reading reviews of planes in the price range I was interested in, I found the reviews from GB to be the most helpful. I settled on the Faithfull #6, Fore Plane, and I am glad I did. The packaging was adequate and no damage during shipping. Truing the sole and sharpening the blade took about 30 minutes. After assembly and a few test passes, I was able to cut a full swath down to .001 inch in thickness, measured with dial calipers. It has a bit of weight to it but not a problem. Being a retired machinist and inspecting the plane, the workmanship of the plane is excellent. If I have to list a negative, it would be by preference, to have a lever cam on the lever cap as opposed to a screw type. I would recommend this plane.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2021
Completely disassembled, cleaned all the oil off everything and started my "tuning" process. Basically it was not needed. Sole only needed a slight flattening. Sides were good. Everything lined up and fit well. Pretty much ready to use right out of the box. Blade was even sharp enough to use but I'll put my edge on it tonight. Handle is a bit small for me but beautiful wood. Very much a quality plane for a very affordable price.I hope the company reads this as I'd like a larger handle made available.Mark
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2021
The sides of the plane are not square to the sole, nor the sole flat to any sort of useable standard. Any plane needs tuning and flattening to some degree especially in this price range, however, there is a point where it is so out of true that it cannot be relied on. The front and back of the mouth of the plane has a noticeable gap between them to the naked eye when a straight edge was held to it. It did not require thickness gauges or strong back lighting to see the deviation. It might be fixable with sanding and some time, but the sides are equally out of square and that will not be fixable unless taken to a machinist which for a plane of this price point is not worth it. I used a machinist square to check and similar to the sole a clear deviation was noticeable without feeler gauges or strong back lighting. This plane will not be usable with a shooting board. All in all I am very disappointed with this plane. I did not expect anything fancy at this price range but flat and square are a fundamental requirement for a plane to be useable (I fully expected to have to hone and latten the sole).To make matters worse I ordered this from the US, and the price to return the item through amazon was more than the plane cost so I am stuck with it. If you are in the US, DO NOT BUY this plane.
Andreas
Reviewed in Germany on March 23, 2020
As everybody knows, buying 'cheap' is always a gamble. However, this bet payed off pretty well.The finish of the plane is adequate, blade adjustment a bit off but workable. The blade needs to be shapened of course, factory grind is worthless. But after honing it a mirror finish and doing some paper cut tests I was pleasantly surprised to see these kind of shavings coming off of it.Would recommend (if you can't spare the money for something better).... But it's working very well on soft grained wood (pine) and harder woods like beach and wild cherry.
cranky jeans
Reviewed in Canada on January 19, 2018
It took a lot of elbow grease to get this thing working correctly but if you have some extra time and not much money it's a good purchase.
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