nickfullerton

Oddly enough (to me at least), with all the planes I have restored and tried, my favorite hand tool is a small skew angled Japanese rabbet plane that I bought for $5.00 at a flea market in San Francisco. I have never sharpened it and it works unbelievably well every time. On one job I used it in an emergency to trim back an edge on a large cherry wood office wall panel and my boss asked if I'd sell it for $70.00. I am so glad I refused. It is a small wooden plane that fits well in one hand and doesn't look like much, doesn't take up a lot of room in a tool box, is light, and just works perfectly. I am always awed by it's simplicity and always go back to it when my bronze lie nielson rabbet block plane that cost $150.00+ doesn't work (which is often unfortunately).