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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