I like Olive Wood

[Ron Brese]

I really enjoy working Olive wood. 912-50S Stainless Steel Plane, 9.125 sole length, Pitch 50 Degrees, Iron width 2.125,

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[Jim Neeley]

Beautiful work, Ron, and while I haven't yet worked with olive, I plan to! :)

[Ryan Mooney]

Very nice work! The curves are really cool.

How is the balance with the handle behind the sole like that?

[Shawn Pixley]

Beautiful work!

[Brian Kent]

Beautiful work Ron. Happy New Year in 27 minutes your time.

I really like the shapes and curves on the steel.

[Tim Davis 1947]

Ron,
Now that is a beautiful plane......Happy New Year

Tim

[george wilson]

I need to try some of that olive wood,Ron!! It looks like spalted boxwood,and seems pore less. Another very nice plane from you!!:)

[Jeff Bartley]

That's really beautiful Ron! I sure hope I can see your planes in person at some point! Is olive as hard as something like hard maple?
Thanks for sharing!

[Leigh Betsch]

Beautiful work. I looked at some olive wood at Rockler in The Twin Cities but it was full of inclusions, I probably would have had 75% waste of a very expensive piece of wood to find a solid enough piece for a tote. Are you able to find nice tight chunks or do you deal with the waste?
What grade stainless?

[Gary Herrmann]

Beautiful work, Ron. Looks like it has curl in it too

[Ron Brese]

That's really beautiful Ron! I sure hope I can see your planes in person at some point! Is olive as hard as something like hard maple?
Thanks for sharing!

I will be at the HandWorks Event at the Amana Colonies in Iowa, May 2013,

Olive is probably about as hard as soft maple but it's really a different animal altogether so comparing to a maple really doesn't do it justice.

Ron

[Ron Brese]

Beautiful work. I looked at some olive wood at Rockler in The Twin Cities but it was full of inclusions
What grade stainless?

410 Alloy Stainless, Olive wood is hard to find and I have never found any material that was already dry. You have to plan way ahead to allow time for slow air drying and then I finish it off in a light bulb kiln that is low heat and low humidity.

Ron

[Mark Baldwin III]

Super nice plane. Olive wood can be be very pretty. I have a piece set aside for a smooth plane. It's nearly black except for a white streak on one of the corners. At the rate that I seem to get work done, the plane will be made sometime around 2023.

[Jeff Heath]

Ron,

I've told you this many times before, but your planes are beautiful.

I've got a 12" X 3.5" X 3.5" billet of Olive that I am just waiting to turn into a woodie smoother. I love the look of the wood, and it's quite dense. MC is just a little high, and should be dry enough soooooooooon!

Happy New Year,

Jeff

[Mark Dorman]

I will be at the HandWorks Event at the Amana Colonies in Iowa, May

Ron
I plan on seeing you there and I look forward to seeing you and your planes in person. About a 100 miles for me.
http://handworks.co/

[Will Boulware]

Beautiful plane!

[rick carpenter]

Looks like Olive wood like you too.