Hand-planed surfaces will tend to have mild scallops.
This comes from using a cambered iron in the plane.
A very slight camber? On a dedicated plane? Maybe a #4? (Oops, here I go showing my ignorance again.)
Oh, so I did a search and found a Fine Woodworking video showing different cambers (1/8" on a scrub plane down to 1/64" on a smoothing plane). There could be some finish sanding done after the last planing.
I like the feel of this, although not an ideal look for a top surface with a high-gloss finish.
Also, it is reported to look weird to mix planed and sanded surfaces; I'll usually use a light finish sanding.
Frank Klausz' recent DVD makes a point that for reproduction work, clients like to see some hand tool marks.
I am not familiar with his work, but my library network has at least some of his DVD's, so I ordered Tuning and Wood Finishes (I am guessing that one of these will be the one you are citing).
In his example, he uses a moderately-cambered plane to leave a textured surface on the underside of a table.
Underside! That makes sense. That might even work with a fairly aggressive camber.
The top side had some minimal planing to even it up, then ROS (120 and 150 grit) to remove machining marks, then hand-sand at 220.
I've also seen some advocate chiseled chamfers for the tactile effect/handwork aesthetic.
I'm happier with my block-planed chamfers than those off my chisel, however.
Oh no! Now you introduce a new concept. But I grasp that it's totally on point. You like to plane chamfers because it's more controllable? But the chiseled chamfers would be more irregular, ergo they would seem more like evidence that they were done by hand - right?
Matt