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E.C. Emmerich's High-Quality, Fifth-Generation Wooden-Bodied Handplanes
I visited Hans Emmerich in his factory in Remscheid two weeks ago. Amazing tools. He opened the factory for me quite late in the evening and gave me a tour and also gave me a block plane as a present for coming from so far away. He is a very passionate person with an amazing factory. The tools they make are great. He also showed me one of the only two primus hand planes he made with a brass sole. I own quite a few of this hand planes and since I have them, I hardly use any of the Stanleys I got.
I was fortunate enough to be gifted an ECE plane from some co-workers as a going away present. This was in the late '80s. It is a favourite of mine. I also have a few Japanese 'kanna', some made from blades I purchased in Japan. These have the thick and long wood bases are admittedly a lot heavier than the ECE. Thankfully, it doesn't seem to be difficult to switch from the 'push' to the 'pull' stroke so I continue to use all my planes. Perhaps because the same issue is there for Japanese vs. European saws. In this case, the Japanese saws are the lightweights.