In the past I have stripped old varnish with chemicals, sandpaper, and heatgun/scraper but this year started doing it with hand planes and it is much faster and leaves a finish-ready surface. Does anyone else use handplanes to strip old varnish? What planes do you use for tight areas with obstructions like a curved section of toerail with a jib traveler on top next to stanchions? I thought about small luthier planes but am not sure if anything with a fixed throat can get a bite on an inside curve.