Lie-Nielsen
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No. 102 Block Plane
Fits perfectly in the palm of your hand Precise set-up with stainless steel micrometer adjuster Set at a perfect angle for end grain For fine cuts and end grain. Bevel angle 25°. R...
Tapered Dovetail Saw 15tpi
Carcass Saw Crosscut 13tpi - 400mm
The Carcass Saw is used for precise cuts across the grain, cutting tenon shoulders, and defining the edges of a dado. It has 14 points per 25mm, filed crosscut, for cutting quickly...
No. 4 1/2 Smoothing Plane
Lie-Nielsen have produced their No. 4 1/2 in ductile iron with a bronze frog and lever cap supporting a 60mm(2.3/8") A2 cryogenically treated blade. Finished with polished cherry w...
Tapered Dovetail Saw 15tpi - 250mm
No. 62 Low Angle Jack Plane
The No. 62 combines the benefits of a bevel-up 12° blade mounting angle, a set-up which gives as much support as possible to the cutting edge, with an adjustable mouth, making the...
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- #1Dec 20, 2025
Need BIFL Recommendations as a Graduation Present!
You have some sweet parents. A few thoughts: don't expect breville to last. It's nice initially, but designed to break (eg. my breville food processor died in 2 years because of capacitors designed to fail. In contrast robot coupes and vitamixes last decades with abuse). I can think of a few excellent presents depending on what category: kitchen: a good knife, a good Dutch oven (either really old cast iron, or staub/le creuset). For coffee, I like a good grinder or a travel French press. Woodworking: some really great chisels, or a nice hand Plane. If you're more a utility woodworker, an excellent block plane. Measuring/marking tools are nice too. Lee Valley and Lie Nielson have heirloom quality western woodworking tools. Covington and sons is my recommendation for Japanese woodworking. Not sure about sewing or painting, as IMHO those are very into disposables. Maybe a PB Swiss screwdriver? They make BIFL tools, and some of the very best bits on the market (but are very expensive). I have my eye on the precision stubby for computer stuff.
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What brands do you trust to always deliver a high quality product?
Vitamix. Robocoupe. Bosch (kitchen appliances). Lee Valley/Veritas. Lie Nielson. Herder chef knives. Mac knives. G and L guitars. Taylor guitars (I'm not a fan of their style/tone, but their QC is best in the acoustic factory guitar scene. PRS guitars (some of the best factory electric guitar QC). Toyota/Lexus. They just work. I have a Honda, which is pretty reliable...but they chitzied on plastic floorpan clips instead of metal. Bottom of my car started going "whoosh" after 54000 miles. Never had an issue on my 1997 Corolla. Spyderco. Victorinox. Leatherman. solid warranty, and decent QC, even with all the Chinese clones. Mitotuyo micrometers. Built different. Tom Bihn bags. Waterfield designs. IMHO significantly better and tougher than Chrome (wore a hole through a corner in 1 month) and Timbuck2. Excellent ergos. Excellent workmanship and materials. Patagonia.
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Has everything we buy reduced in quality over time? Has anything increased in quality or stayed high quality and durable?
you can still get excellent quality woodworking tools - Lie Nielsen, Pfeil, Veritas, Narex, Kirschen/Two Cherries, DMT DiaSharp. Even some of the Wood River stuff is pretty good. Sawstop stuff is also amazing, and most modern power tools are surprisingly excellent, even the battery powered stuff.
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