Skew Block Plane

Excels at trimming rabbets, working end grain, or making final jointing cuts on boards, plus you can use it in all the ways you would a regular block plane.
Blade is skewed at a 15° angle, making cutting easier, either with or across the grain, and helps pull the fence tight against the work. Because the blade sits flush with the side of the body, corner cuts are clean and accurate.
Norris-style adjuster combines feed and lateral positioning for easy, precise blade setting. Set screws on either side of the blade prevent the blade from shifting in use.
Scoring spur ahead of the blade reduces tear-out on cross-grain work; it is adjustable for depth and projection and can be recessed when working with the grain.
Machined and surface ground, the contoured 6-3/8' x 1-3/4" ductile cast iron body has a 12° bed angle and a movable toe fully enclosed by the body casting.
Bubinga locking knob sets the toe to control the mouth opening; unobtrusive set screw in the throat allows repeatable mouth positioning and prevents contact between the blade and toe.
Held by a large brass locking knob, a sliding collet allows adjustment of the 3-1/2" wide, 5/16" thick hardwood fence.
Fence base is tapped to substitute a user-made fence extension such as a wooden wedge for cutting controlled bevels.
Available in left- and right-hand models (neither is for left- or right-handed use only, but having both lets you handle any grain direction).
Comes with a lapped blade 1/8" (0.125") thick, 1-1/2" wide, with a 25° bevel, made of either A2 (Rc60-62) or O1 (Rc58-60) tool steel.
Optional 3-1/2" stainless-steel fence rod (1-1/8" longer than the 2-3/8" rod supplied) lets you add a thicker fence extension (e.g. a tapered spacer for angled cuts) without restricting cutting width.
Patent pending.