> On Sep 29, 2014, at 12:35 , philschempf@g... wrote:
> 
> You going to elaborate on that or just keep us in suspense? What did you make
the sole and sides out of?

It's all mild steel from the hardware store, except for
the NOS tapered iron. I should build another one just for
fun.

> Pics?  I have a vague recollection that you might have already shared that
here, but it was a long time ago like maybe last week the way my memory works
any more.

http://ww
w.swingleydev.com/archive/get.php?message_id=243236

After some additional time to work with it, I'll say that
it doesn't have the mass of a dedicated shooting plane,
so it's harder to use for 3/4" stock. On the other hand,
I find it more comfortable than my Bailey planes, for which
I've been too lazy to make the grip that Alf posted on
her blog a couple years ago.

I suppose the Krenov avoids some of the fragility concerns
with the bed that you have in a traditional wooden plane, but
I'm not sold on wooden low-angle planes, whether for shooting
or not. I don't think the lighter weight is an asset, and you
can't get the bed angle as low as on a metal plane. 

Adam
Port Angeles, WA