Welcome to Gerd Fritsche's Traditional Handplanes
The quality of traditional woodworking depends mainly on three things, the raw materials, the personal skills and also on the handtools. But high-quality handtools, especially handplanes, are hard to get. There are some good, industrially manufactured handplanes available, but they can't really match with the great toolmakers from the beginning of the 19th century. Realising that, I decided to build them myself using my professional toolmaking skills and the best materials I could get. The results were more than satisfying...
On this homepage you can find some of my self-made planes and you get the opportunity to acquire some of these beauties, too. Furthermore, I also offer plane kits of all the presented planes. And for those of you who want to build their own hand planes, I am willing to assist the assembly process.
Enjoy your visit!
Greetings from the Lake of Constance,
Gerd Fritsche