I'm fairly new to the whole woodworking and hand tool world, having only really been at it for a year or so.... And I've mostly made only spoons/spatulas and the Paul sellers workbench.
Anyway, finally got around to a shooting board and was playing with it with both my #4 and #5. Pine was great on end grain and long grain, same with cherry.
Cool, I thought, and then I threw on a piece of hickory I intended to turn into a dovetail template... And nothing... So advance the blade a little - wack/thud/jar. I fiddled, resharpened, and brought the blade back but at best I'd get tiny dust or the thud at worst. Long grain was hard but worked...
Is this just the famed hickory hardness, or something else? I got it closer to square but still has judder marks in it...