At 07:45 AM 1/14/98 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-01-13 18:44:48 EST, spost@n... writes:
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>> Just to muddy the waters a bit, how does a wooden smoother with a tight
>>  mouth and a thick iron compare?  It seems like it has three of the four
>>  elements you mention: solid bedding all the way to the bevel,  a tight
>mouth,
>>  and a thick iron.
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>GG, Scott,
>
>Hello,

I can't speak for anyone else, but I have a J. Kellogg 7" coffin plane made of
maple that I laminated a piece of rosewood to, to close up the mouth which
left
me a mouth a little bit bigger then a 32 of an inch, and I use this on any
figured woods that I'm working on with great results, theres just something
about using a nice old woody.

Carl Murphy
Eastport, Maine
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