paul womack wrote:
> A slim knife with a steep bevel does it well enough.

   The problem with a knife is that you can trim a sliver (or chunk) off 
of the tails in the process.  Also, the endgrain needs to be pretty 
smooth for even a heavy knife-mark to be nicely visible.  If you're 
going to plane the ends of the tails after the fact, then it seems 
wasted effort to agonize over the ends of the boards before cutting the 
joint.
   But hey, everybody's got to find their own way.

M.Mike

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