One of our most popular tools, the Quangsheng low angle block plane is a really useful piece of kit.

Block planes tend to be among the first tools that people buy, they are a staple of the basic toolkit for most types of woodworking.

The plane is available with three cutting irons (pictured left) giving 37, 50 and 62 degree pitches for planing endgrain, general trimming and sorting out patches of gnarly grain respectively.

Block planes are used for chamfering waste to eliminate breakout, tidying up the ends of boards after cutting to length, and fixing any slight inaccuracies from the earlier stages of production.The short sole makes them ideal for tidying up little patches of tearout and their relatively light weight means that after a while you almost use them without thinking.