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Kees Heiden
06-07-2015, 3:45 AM
Read it first on the ukworkshop forum, and indeed, Karl Holtey is making his last plane and goes into retirement:

http://www.holteyplanes.com/

I wish him a long and healthy retirement. I've always admired his work and dedication, allthough his planes are exactly opposite to what I am looking for in a plane. They are true works of craftsmanship and his determination to create the ultimate is to be admired. It has been fun to follow his blog.

ian maybury
06-07-2015, 5:10 AM
That seems a great loss. Wonder if he's going to continue producing stock products like plane irons?

My motivation is entirely selfish - i've a Kunz compass plane i will need an iron for….