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Woodcraft offers replacement blades for their WoodRiver line of planes that can be used for other planes. They were advertised as O1 steel in the past and I believe they still are. They are much thicker blades than original manufacturer blades so that the chip breaker screw may or may-not work and the depth adjustment may have some issues with your planes. I have not had any problems with mine so far but you may have with your particular planes. I also had to file the mouth of one of my planes to account for the thicker blade even after adjusting the frog all of the way back but I understand that is common for the thicker blades on the market.
The blades add extra heft and I find the extra thickness at the bevel provides easier registration for freehand sharpening. While I don’t normally buy a lot from Woodcraft due to the cost, these replacement blades seem reasonable when compared to some of the other thick replacement blades being offered. So far they have given me very good service compared to original blades and the competitor thick replacement blades at a much lower cost.
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