I'm familiar with hand held card scrapers and have used them on a couple projects. LOML was sanding a project for me and I suggested she try the scraper. Being quite a nancy, her hands are not strong enough to scrape well and she complained about the heat. So, I brought home a Stanley #80 and she fell in love with scraping - we are working on a large walnut cabinet with lots of complex grain patterns.

Now I'm wondering, should I get something like the Lie-Nielsen Large Scraping Plane? Will the finish be any better than with the #80? Is the LN going to be easier to use? Will the LN be any harder to setup correctly?

Thanks for any feedback, I'd like to know what to expect before putting down $200+ for a scraper.