Kunz 112 Scraper

For $40 more...

Christopher Fitch @ Memphis

>you can get an excellent Scraper Plane from Lee Valley. If you search in the archives, I'm certain you can find references to comments on the Veritas...It's a well made plane with some nice improvements over the Stanley/Kunz versions

Here's the Veritas:

Veritas� Scraping Plane

and here's the Kunz from reference:

KUNZ No. 112 Scraping Plane

Re: For $40 more...

walt Q

>gotta agree...I collect scraper planes..got the full compliment of Stanleys..looked at the Kunz for the heck of it...fit & finish leaves a lot to be desired..took a whack at the lee valley at the springfield ww show...world's apart in quality and ease of use. When I have the extra $$ I'm going to pick up the lee valley scraper. When I tried it out it worked even better than my old trusty 112..and I don't say that lightly.

just MHO

walt Q

Re: For $40 more...

Jeff

>I had looked at scrapers about a year ago when I started my house and started to dream about the shop. Someone had pointed me to this scraper and I had forgotten about it!

Thanks for the reminder.

Don't do it...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond,CA

>Their evil green monsters to be avoided at all costs.

Re: Kunz 112 Scraper

paul womack

>Original Stanley #112's are collectable enough to fetch more money (depending on your luck and location, of course) than either the Lie Nielsen re-engineered Stanley , or the Lee Valley reinterpretation.

I've never seen a good word said about the Kunz. Actually that's not true. I've seen seom very good words, none of them complementary :-)

BugBear

Re: Kunz 112 Scraper

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

>For the most part I agree with all the above comments about Kunz tools. However it must be said that the Kunz #80 that I own (yes, it's true ..) works very well indeed, as well as the Stanley #80 I also own. On the other hand I also have a Stanley #112 (used with a LN blade) and this is in a class apart from the Kunz version.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Re: Kunz 112 Scraper

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>reengineered and reinterpretation

Those are good words too, I think a bit better descriptions than copied.

The Kunz on the other hand, might better be described as hacked. Most of the Kunz "tools" I've had a chance to meet might work as stage props, maybe even useful for building those "tables" and "chairs" they used to use in the bar room brawl scenes in the old cowboy movies.