Veritas bench, bevel-up and block planes (standard and low-angle) come with lapped blades made of O1, A2 or our PM-V11 tool steel. Choice of blade type depends on your preferences – how you like to work, how much planing you do and your sharpening methods. We lap all of our blades* on the face to a flatness tolerance of 0.0005" or better over the working surface†, with an average roughness of 0.000005" or better. While the blade faces are smooth and true, the intersecting bevel should be honed before use.

* Except Veritas scrub, scraping, router and flush plane blades, and all Veritas A2 toothed blades.

† On regular and bevel-up blades, the working surface extends from about 1/8" below the screw slot to the edge; on shoulder and bullnose plane blades, it is the widest section of the face from the shoulder to the edge.