spare blade for stanley no 8 plane

[thanos999]

just bought a stanley no8 i would like to use a new blade in it as opposed to using the original blade that is with it any one no where i can get a replacement blade for it ?

 

[worker]

eBay or look at a modern replacement like Hock, although as I understand it, you might need to file the mouth wider to accomodate a thicker Hock blade.

What's wrong with the original?

 

[thanos999]

eBay or look at a modern replacement like Hock, although as I understand it, you might need to file the mouth wider to accomodate a thicker Hock blade.

What's wrong with the original?

dont want to use the original blade prefer to use a new one in a plane thats 120 years old

 

[thanos999]

i was thinking off something like a new luban qungshen blade from ruby aliexpress https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001875111878.html?

 

[thanos999]

found one https://workshopheaven.com/quangsheng-2-5-8-plane-iron/

 

[BillHoughton]

Lee Valley makes nice plane irons, if you can get them there. They come with a back as close to dead flat as possible, and often cut pretty well out of the box (although, of course, you should do a final honing). here - I think - this is the international site

 

[j.ferguson415]

I used a Ray Iles iron for my No 7 as it comes in a 2mm and 3mm thick version. They do an iron for a number 8 but I’m not sure on the thickness. The 2mm iron was still too thick and the mouth had to be filed a little.