Originally Posted by
Peter Christensen
I always thought a number 1 would be nice. Not so much because it is needed but because they can.
My #1 is from Lie Nielsen and has, at times, been the best plane for the job.
For me, keeping a bunch of different blades for a bevel up plane is more of a hassle than having a BD plane with a chip breaker. In a few cases my bevel up planes have lifted some big hunks of wood. Mostly it is from some of the squirrel grain pine that is common here in the Pacific Northwest.
There's just one plane missing from the Veritas assortment and that's a number 3
It is one of my often used sizes. This does seem like a natural for modern manufacturing as the #3 isn't a common find on the old tool market.
jtk
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