Imagine dropping that... I would beat myself for days

Очень очень❤

Worth every penny.

I own a Lie-Nielsen #4 Bronze smoother. It is a truly wonderful tool. Hand sharpened to 12,000 grit, slight camber on the iron and with it tightly set, I can finish plane boards easily. It has become my go to finish smoother. The weight, the bedrock design and the balnce all come together to make one of the best tools that I have ever owned.

That plane is like grandma's home made biscuits, nothing out there to compare with it. All my Lie Nielson planes have come almost scary sharp right out of the box and I've never had to hone one of the irons. Thanks for the video.

Wow...yes! That is a god level tool. Thanks for sharing with us, Im buying one.

Might be the best but it's also one if not the most expensive plane ever made!

Love my Lie Nielsen tools, do yourself a favour and pickup the 2 screwdrivers they make for adjusting the frog and tightening the cap screw, they fit much better than ordinary screwdrivers and won't marr the screw heads of your plane.

I'd give it 10/10 if it were square but mine isn't so 9/10

Very good

I'm not sure if I'm worthy as a human being to be around something so magnificent.

Tu très jolie Rabot et magnifique Rabot. J'aime

Nice video. I do the same as you every time I get a new LN. I open the box like it's a work of art and I need to slip up on it. One thing I've never had to do though with a LN is hone it straight out of the box. Mine have always been ready to use right out of the box. Thanks for sharing the video.

Beautiful smooth plane, i will buy it soon.

Lie Nielsen is a solid brand with very very good products 👌

My hand me down Stanley 4, made in about 1900, from my grandad is producing the same results. It has a flat (ish) front handle, along with the rear handle being rosewood. The blade is well used, but loads left on it. Hardwood, softwood, man made boards etc without any problems. I do clean as and when along with honing. But, we have choices now...

the BEST hand plane is the one you're going to build and we're all waiting for it! ;)

I will get my own no 4 this year 🥰

Beautiful plane! I am still waiting for it to come back in stock! I have their No 1 and No 2 bronze planes and they are a beauty to look at (and make baby shavings)!

This guy finishes about one project every 5-10 years

Recently watched a Mr. Linn's video on fettling this very plane. Overkill, no doubt. But the kind of obsession that will make you buy one makes the idea of making it a little bit better hard to resist.

Clifton are the best Lie Nielsen would be a second choice for me.

Great plane no doubt but the best? By what metric? I have LN a plenty by the way. I do enjoy using them. They are great. But “the best” is silly.

it is a beautiful and well made plane do question, but I can do just as well with my Stanley #4.

Wish I could afford one

The best plane ever is the one you need at the time which does the job required of it. I used the LN #4 bronze and the LN low angle jack plane. The latter can do almost everything. LN is my prefetence because I need not be concerned whether the plane I use is "as good as a LN."

Beautiful piece of kit indeed. I think you should get rid of the rubber under the honing stone idea though. When using the Stanley set angle jig, the rubber works fine to hold everything in place however, when honing the back of the blades, the stones tend to dip & dive into the rubber matting which cause rocking pressure on the tip of the blade which causes rounding over time. Been there, done that with chisel honing years ago.

I also own one, but I wouldn't say it's the "best... ever made".

Now you can sell the shavings to your fans -.99€

Yeah I'm jealous but I got a rake of pre war Stanley's on the way to a restoration video....

Looks smaller than a Stanley #4, more like a #3, except for the blade width . . . Gr eat plane, though

Thats how you tell a handtool junkie. Completely hairless underarms, looking for the last dusk to test your newly sharpened blade :D

Fabulous planes , but make your life easier by planing nearer the edge of the bench , leaning over away from your body like that will be very tiring very quickly and less controllable.

I really want one but they are all sold out everywhere.😩

Unboxings tell you nothing.

what's the point of these videos when lidé Nielsen products are not available in Europe 🤦

Hi, what stones are you using?

great, where can i buy this plane ?

Im poor 😪

I agree that is a fine plane but the one that can save you time and again Lie-Nielsen no longer makes. It is a simple 1/2 inch wide shoulder type plane with rosewood sandwiched between two bronze plates and a rosewood insert to lock in the iron. To adjust it you learn to tap the base slightly (or more) in various spots and in certain directions. It will open up rabbets dadoes etc., by just the tinest amounts when you need it. If you try the low angle jack plane in the either size you may find you like those better than the No. 4.

There is a better plane. My Lie-Nielsen 4 1/2 bronze plane 😁 Waited a long time and paid over 800€ in Europe. Worth every cent… I plan to add the #4 as well.

Am I the only person who felt like I was watching a strip-tease??!! This was way better than the other version.

Why bronze vs steel? Weight?

hi, what kind of whetstones are?

You wouldn't dare use it until you had checked for staples, screws, nails etc, seventeen times !!!

Na I'll stick to my restored vintage Stanley's, they do as good a job at a fraction of the price and being cast iron will outlast bronze twice over. A good review nonetheless.

Looks like aluminum bronze.

I agree it's a magnificent plane. But it's also essentially a copy of my 100 year old #4 Bailey. It looks a little shorter in the video, and the blade is thicker. With both planes properly tuned, I wonder what the difference would be? 1% I think a minor improvement over a century of innovation doesn't supplant the king.

Out of stock ! every where. someone know why?