Plane more. Sharpen less. A drop-in CPM MagnaCut replacement blade compatible with Lie-Nielsen, Veritas and Stanley Sweetheart bevel-up and low-angle planes. Choose your plane in the Blade menu.
- Stays keen longer than A2, O1 or PM-V11
- Tough edge resists chipping in end grain and hardwoods
- Double tempered and cryogenically treated to Rockwell C 62; highly rust resistant
✓ The Edge Promise: sharper, longer than the blade you have now, or your money back for a full year. Return shipping included in the US.
Order two or more blades or marking knives and tool chest pricing applies automatically in your cart. It gets better at four.
Sharp enough to smooth, 2½ times longer
Plane strokes before the edge was too dull for fine smoothing:
| MagnaCut |
|
400 |
| PM-V11 |
|
160 |
| A2 |
|
160 |
| O1 |
|
120 |
Independent test by James Wright (Wood By Wright). See how each edge wears →
Which blade fits my plane?
| Blade |
Compatible with |
Width × thickness |
| LLA1 |
Lie-Nielsen #62 Low Angle Jack |
2" × 3/16" |
| LLA2 |
Lie-Nielsen #164 Low Angle Smooth |
2" × 3/16" |
| VLA1 |
Veritas Low Angle Jack, Bevel-Up Jointer, Bevel-Up Smoother, Shooting Plane |
2-1/4" × 3/16" |
| VLA2 |
Veritas Low Angle Smooth |
2" × 1/8" |
| SWLA |
Stanley Sweetheart #62 Low Angle Jack |
2" × 3/16" |
| LCP1 |
Lie-Nielsen Small Chisel Plane |
1-3/4" × 3/16" |
Different plane? Find your blade, or email info@lakeerietoolworks.com.
Sharpening
MagnaCut's edge life comes from very hard vanadium and niobium carbides, which ordinary aluminum oxide stones struggle with. Diamond plates, diamond lapping film or CBN work best. Each sharpening takes a little longer, but you'll do it far less often.
Why MagnaCut?
How long a blade stays sharp comes down to two things working together:
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Wear resistance: how slowly the edge is rubbed away by abrasion. It’s commonly measured by machine (the CATRA test), cutting card stock loaded with abrasive. That measures abrasion only, not the impact and prying forces of real planing.
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Toughness: how well the edge resists chipping, from the microchipping that dulls a keen edge long before it wears away to the larger chips knots, very hard woods and end grain can cause.
A brittle steel can score well in the abrasion test and still lose its keen edge quickly in hardwood or end grain. MagnaCut has high wear resistance and high toughness, so it holds a keen edge in real work.
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vs. PM-V11: PM-V11 scores well on abrasion tests, slightly higher than MagnaCut, and it sharpens on conventional abrasives. MagnaCut is significantly tougher, though. In real planing that toughness keeps the edge from microchipping, so MagnaCut stays keen longer, especially in dense hardwoods and end grain.
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vs. A2: MagnaCut is both more wear resistant and tougher.
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vs. O1: O1 is easy to sharpen, but MagnaCut is significantly more wear resistant and tougher.
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vs. AEB-L: AEB-L is tough, takes a keen edge and sharpens faster than MagnaCut (though not as fast as O1), but its low wear resistance means sharpening significantly more often. MagnaCut holds its edge much longer.
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vs. M2: M2 is a high-speed steel (it resists softening at high temperatures, which suits it to lathe turning tools) with good abrasion resistance and reasonable toughness. MagnaCut is both tougher and more abrasion resistant, so it holds a keener edge longer.
MagnaCut is also highly corrosion resistant, so a keen edge stays keen in a humid shop or between uses.
See the independent test results.
Lie-Nielsen, Veritas, Stanley and Sweetheart are trademarks of their respective owners. Lake Erie Toolworks is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
