> Don Stern wrote:
> 
> Tried several planes prepared by the masters and got some incredible
> shavings. One plane really caught my eye, it was about 9" wide and about
> 12" long with a blade about 7" wide.

There's a picture of one just a hair smaller here:

  http://www.wwforum.com/cgi-bin/forum_main/handtool.cgi?read=40708

How's that for a shaving?

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Just say finishing up a quartersawn sycamore cabinet for my wife's Xmas
gift.  Incredible wood.