I love your enthusiasm. I get the same way when I find an awesome tool. ENJOY IT.

I could not resist a #8 at a city-wide flea market several years ago. In 2021 I helped my son build a 12 x 16 shed with a garage-door entrance. I put the #8 in his hand and had him joint the header that we made out of 10-foot 2 x 12’s. Priceless!

You won the lottery with that one

An old joiner I knew back in the 1970s had a similar plane but slightly longer. On the sole of the plane it had longitudinal V grooves cut into it's length. This was to reduce the friction of this monster jointing plane. I have to say I was always very jealous of this old boys massive tool chest and the incredible tools kept in it. He was from an era when no power tools existed, he had five different size braces for boring holes and the biggest bit was 3" in diameter and the brace for for this bit was massive. Love the channel, keep on filming and informing. 👍🙂

Admit it Mike, this was your favorite unboxing EVER! I think whoever you bought this plane from, always packs their planes like this. Ive seen elsewhere where people receive planes like this from CIHI

I'm late to the party, but I really love your excitement over a plane. I also feel that excitement for hand planes. I am also a participant on the CIHI site and love it very much. Enjoy that 8! You'll find excuses to use it. I know you will, even if it's the most expensive paper weight you have every purchased! Thanks for sharing.

"ill look at it and think, I don't need that... But I like it" I love your enthusiasm, it matches mine.

15.47 The joy on your face when you held it and took those shavings-exactly how I am when I hold my fathers old #8 I love it

Never can have enough planes and backsaws so, you're good lol.

It is very nice to see such an old and great tool end up in a place where it is appreciated to the deserved degree! I think most kids only show this kind of enthusiasm around Christmas time... 😄 Take my hat off to the fellow sending it...amazing.

Just rescued a small herd, a #4 type 11, a#5 1/2 type 11 and a #6 type 4 prelateral. The one I wanted most was the 5 1/2 and another 4 type 11 is nice too. All for eighty bucks, good irons and wood, all complete. But already have a 6 and several 4's. Thing is that old number six is too cool and works good and is lighter than my type 13, number six.was going to sell but now having second thoughts. That's how it goes I guess.

I needed this plane. Well, maybe I didn't NEED it, but it has turned out to be one of my favorite handplanes and I use it all the time. It did an awesome job flattening the top of my Roubo workbench and is a joy to use for face flattening and edge joining along with its smaller team mates.

There is nothing better that these old Stanley's. The LN are nice, but they are basically overbuilt (unnecessarily) copies of the original. These are far superior when tuned even if they cost the same. I am talking about just the Plain Jane Bailey's - still an unbeatable design marvel.

Just like you, I didn't need one, but I couldn't resist either and I love having it there - just in case!!! No one needs to spend silly money on modern planes when the old ones do the job just as well and will never really wear out. I hope my great grand kids are still using my collection in another hundred years. Great video!!!

Vs the weight of a plywood crate...I generally us a Vinyl 6x6 Post sleeve and line it with Ridgid Insulation board..lighter and super strong!

What a giggler!... day um!😜🤣

I have a #8 that I got from my father and he got it from his father. My father said he remembers his father using it to make floor boards that he put in a house he built.

You do need it! You just need to start making 12 foot long and 4 foot wide banquet tables. Lol. I will have one of these planes. Love your passion.

To people every where this is how to send planes. awesome.

I watched this because I have a #8C type 8, and feel just the same about it - awesome, don't really need it. I used it to flatten a nice 26" wooden jointer which I also don't need.

Wow that's well and truly packed, better than getting smashed to pieces, I had two plane's delivered by Hermes the parcel company there in the UK , very well packed not as good as that , but the Hermes company Throw then in the back of the Van as someone Videoed them doing and very hard like they were having fun playing a game, but the company Hermes is impossible to contact as they don't answer Emails or messages on the Automated answering machine , so the Gentleman that packed yours did it right if you wanted to receive it in one piece that is, it's a long plane and that old would be a crime if it got broken , I have an absolute massive Collection of plane's as I started doing carpentry back in 1965 as a child and loved it all my life , the Stanley No 8 is hard to get hold of now days in good condition specially , that's a absolute beautiful you have there, best wishes from England.

Nobody needs another plane special to me. I got 96 of them

"Sometimes you have to buy things because you wanted to dammit." Dead on brother. I have 2 number 8s...a Stanley made Union from the early 1920s and Stanley type 17. Also have 3 number 7s. Don't use them all that often but, I'll probably end up with more of each if I find the right deal on them. Why? Because I can lol.

I have a #8 sweetheart I feel your joy brother!

Nice!

Pura vida mi amigo great jointer plane in my case I like world with jointer planes in my woodworking projects.I like that #8plane was well package.pura vida

I have a number 7 and i love it. But i think i will buy the LN no 8, or even the wood river version at the least.

Omg this thing is amazing!!! Great work Mike

I just bought an old Siegley compass plane. Not because I need it, but because it is sexy as fuck!

Waoooooooooo, kiss it. Lucky guy. I am jealous. Keep on laughing. Regards

Could tell first pass it ran like a jointer; super nice

I just found one of these in pretty rough shape at a local flea market for 10$

Now that's a little overkill!

Привет. Радуюсь вместе с тобой!

You mean like a 54 pan?

i didn't know you could buy form can i have it if you are in Canada, i just assumed it was a USA thing. looks like i have a new group to join! also did you buy the plane from someone in Canada or the US? the shipping cost you said is much lower than i expected!

That price was a deal for a no 8 that isn't a rust bucket

Nice, but overall, it's kinda plane. :D

I want to buy 7 number randa can u help me.

Great point you could buy ons from a lie-nielsen but those planes don't have an history behind it means that plane was used from someone 100 or 70 hundreds years ago this fact is amazing for me .pura vida Guys