At this past weekend's Tampa Woodworking Shows I picked up this French-made 
hand plane that uses standard single- or double-sided razor blades. While it's no Lie Nielsen, it is very slick and affordable. I was so impressed with the demo's and can see how I could use it in my shop, I had to pick one up. I also see it as a hand plane my kids could one day use and I won't pass out when they drop it (and I won't be stuck sharpening it).
The guy doing the demo was the inventor and his wife was behind the register ... and both VERY French (had to pay close attention to the demo to understand). They were very nice people and I really appreciated their products.
Here's a link to their website ... but good luck, the translation to English is ROUGH!
http://www.rabotkid.com/en/index.html
After I use it a bit more, I'll let you know how it holds up. I also got a three-set of shoulder planes (no picture though). So I'll review those too.
hand plane that uses standard single- or double-sided razor blades. While it's no Lie Nielsen, it is very slick and affordable. I was so impressed with the demo's and can see how I could use it in my shop, I had to pick one up. I also see it as a hand plane my kids could one day use and I won't pass out when they drop it (and I won't be stuck sharpening it).The guy doing the demo was the inventor and his wife was behind the register ... and both VERY French (had to pay close attention to the demo to understand). They were very nice people and I really appreciated their products.
Here's a link to their website ... but good luck, the translation to English is ROUGH!
http://www.rabotkid.com/en/index.html
After I use it a bit more, I'll let you know how it holds up. I also got a three-set of shoulder planes (no picture though). So I'll review those too.
