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263052 Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> 2017‑08‑22 Re: Are the cheap luthier planes worth it?
Matthew

The plane body is just a tool for holding a blade.  So it all depends on hiw
well the blade is held abnd how good the steel in the blade is.  However, these
tools get used so little - most of the wood is removed with gouges - that I bet
they don’t get sharpened but every few instruments.  And the squirrel tail seels
like a good idea, but most of the demos that I have seen use planes without.  My
daughter shares a guitar repair shop with a violin builder, and she has a couple
of them she uses most.  Perhaps if you got him 2 and sharpened the blades for
him, it wouldn’t matter what the quality was.

Here are some examples, although I have seen them at $800 each.  A lot of
planemakers like to make “art” out of these small guys and you will see animals
(even rebates) turned into these guys.

No affiliation, yada, yada, yada

http://www.jimbodetools.com/cart.php?m=search_results&search=violin+plane

by the way, love the maker name Otner-Botner

Ed Minch

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