Originally Posted by
Patrick Chase
Ignoring the assertion of superior logic, Western wooden moulding planes for use on hardwoods are indeed typically pitched at 55 deg. IIRC Terry Gordon's are higher still, but I also seem to recall that Japanese molding planes are much lower.
All of the profiled Japanese planes that I have are bedded at 38 degrees, but they all also have chip breakers except the smallest of them. All of the true molding planes that I have seen are also using double irons.
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