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OK. Not technically a handplane. As it turned out I actually spent more time on the blades than the body: I cut, shaped, ground, hardened, tempered, sharpened and honed. I'm pretty happy with the way the blade turned out. Shiny!

I made the body from some leftover decking that has been laying out in my father-in-laws field for at least 5 years. It was rained on, snowed on, baked, frozen and buried in the mud for all that time and is still dead straight. Richard, the LJ I sent the plane to, later told me it was Ipe. It was sort of a pain in the neck to work - especially mortising - but it should last for a long, long time. The lighter material sandwiched in between is some leftover crabapple.

The fence is more mystery wood with a piece of brass mortised in as a wearplate.

All in all a good learning experience.

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Beautiful. I like it!
 

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Nice, very nice.
 

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Grat looking tool!
 

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Very nicely done. That Ipe´is really a kind of wonder wood.
 

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I like my new spokeshave. thanks again Mike. It takes nice whispery shavings. Mike even sent a extra blade.
 
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