Steve thanks, it is beautiful and takes great shavings right out of the box. As I said before....In life timing is everything.
The box was waiting for me when I made it home from work. There was also a box from Lie Nielsen with a small brass hammer. Not too bad a day in the desert.
Now for some tool porn:
One more, the shavings shoot out of the plane:
BTW, this was with doing nothing more to the plane or iron than taking the iron and wedge out and reinstalling them.
The cap iron is a work of art along with everything else about the plane. Guess I'll have to order the Jack next.
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