Beautiful work! A question just out of curiosity: Why do these planes lack a handle? Wouldn't the work with those be a bit more comfortable if there was one?
@@_InTheBin Thank you, glad you like it :) They were made this way traditionally, however there is an old twin handled one by Robert Towell where he experimented with putting a handle on one. Having a long iron lets you use the iron as a handle, combined with resting your thumb on the front infill this does provide for a pretty good grip. When taking thin shavings like the ones in the video, there is really not much force required to push the plane through the wood. Also, when you’ve got a wedged plane the wedge makes for a nice thumb rest. I’m not exactly sure why they didn’t handle their planes back in the day, but I’ve not yet longed for handles on the traditional style ones that I’ve made
Hi, I will ask him for the specifications on what he laminated and get back to you. I first heard about him while doing courses on timber framing and planemaking(wooden) years back. He also made the iron for the all steel no 11 I made earlier on.
Amazing,a real work of art!!!
@@darrenmacmartin9392 thank you, I’m glad you like it!
Beautiful work!
A question just out of curiosity: Why do these planes lack a handle? Wouldn't the work with those be a bit more comfortable if there was one?
@@_InTheBin Thank you, glad you like it :)
They were made this way traditionally, however there is an old twin handled one by Robert Towell where he experimented with putting a handle on one.
Having a long iron lets you use the iron as a handle, combined with resting your thumb on the front infill this does provide for a pretty good grip.
When taking thin shavings like the ones in the video, there is really not much force required to push the plane through the wood.
Also, when you’ve got a wedged plane the wedge makes for a nice thumb rest.
I’m not exactly sure why they didn’t handle their planes back in the day, but I’ve not yet longed for handles on the traditional style ones that I’ve made
@@Sindrekub Thank you.
What kind of steel did the blacksmith use for the iron? Do you also know what the RC hardness is ?
Hi, I will ask him for the specifications on what he laminated and get back to you. I first heard about him while doing courses on timber framing and planemaking(wooden) years back. He also made the iron for the all steel no 11 I made earlier on.
He just got back to me now. He uses steel from Oberg bacho files. He couldn't give me an exact hrc, but the edge retention is great.