Bugbear said

> Dieter Schmidt, who I know some galoots have had
> positive dealings with, has been having a
> "quiet chat" with ECE.
>
> Here's the (very shiny) result:
> http://www.fine-tools.com/G301015.htm

I have one of the low cost versions -- it walked through the door a long
time ago.  While advertised as a block plane, it does not seem to fit that
role as well as others.  I find it is more like a small utility plane.  It
seems to fall into service for small projects and small pieces of wood where
I might otherwise use the LN 62 (low angle jack plane with an adjustable
mouth) or a jack plane on a larger piece of wood.

It was my first wood plane and started me down a very slippery slope.

Ken Vaughan -- in Ketchikan Alaska where the rain is getting cold and we are
looking for termination dust on the mountains (if the sky ever clears so we
can see the mountains.)