Originally Posted by
Brian Holcombe
Nice heavy shavings!
I'll second that, they're a true joy to use. In both cases when first putting them to wood and turning a shaving I can remember stopping and thinking 'wow! this is incredible'.
Yeah. I felt that way with the jack especially. It just chews through wood, and makes rough flattening actually enjoyable.
Even though I doubt I'll ever give up my iron planes, I liked these so much that I went out and found myself an old Matthieson coffin smoother to boot!
Woodworking is terrific for keeping in shape, but it's also a deadly serious killing system...