Old style hand plane is the best way

Hand planes work so well its amazing to me that they are rarely used in shops today. They carve well, make a true curve or straight and allow a connection to the material that cannot be experienced any other way.


These shavings are used for part of my finishing process, they are soft and strong, a thin slice that feels neat in your hand.
Some once entered my shop after I had been planing some wood and said- "hey it looks like fall in here, like all the leaves on the ground" perhaps like the shavings fell from a tree and landed on my bench, well they did, sort of.....