Stanley Sweetheart No. 9-1/2, 6 1/2 in. Block Plane

Very good product. Quick delivery. No issues. I d buy another. One from Homedepot if I needed another.

A beautiful hand tool. This plane is far beyond just a hand plane. It is comfortable in your hand like a glove and solid as well as a fine looking instrument. Anyone that appreciates quality will love it.

easy setup, worked well without flattening or sharpening.

Excellent tool for small projects.

Quality built, haven’t used it yet. I look forward to using this for many years to come.

Great tool

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I build custom cabinets and fine furniture so I have many planes. A number of these are older Stanley planes including several new old stock. This block plane has all the features I want plus a blade that is wider than the normal block plane. While not inexpensive, this is worth every Penney and will be handed down to my son. Thanks for resurrecting the Sweetheart line.

Very nice out of the box about 10 mins of tuning and it was off to the wood projects very nice block plane for the money.

I own a bunch of old stanley planes and other older bench planes and I’m very impressed with the quality of this plane. Out of the box it was capable of being finely adjusted and making very thin shavings. Yes you could hone the blade ( i hone the blades on all my other planes – using the scary sharp method) and it would probably improve it but it was acceptable without doing anything. The overall construction is very heavy and solid (the iron itself is very thick at about 1/8″). I know these newer ‘sweetheart’ planes have some mixed reviews and those concerned me a bit, but now after having bought the plane and used it, I’m glad I did. I probably will buy some of the other newer ‘sweetheart’ planes based on my experience with this plane.One thing I didn’t care for is that there is a bit of backlash in the screw adjustment, but that’s not a big deal because you can clearly feel when it’s engaging the iron.Other reviewers have criticized the aluminum lever cap, but again, this is not concerning because the design does not require a huge amount of force to hold the blade firmly in place so I’m not concerned with these threads stripping. The lever cap seems like a high quality piece, just like the rest of the plane.Overall for the price I paid, I’m very happy with it. No it’s not a LN or “V” plane but then again, I didn’t pay those prices either….

Great block plane but needs some tuning out of the box