Traditional woodworkers use them to trim intricate joints to finished dimension.
This plane predates the more conventional planes known to date. These planes were used for flattening timber by scraping, shaving while running along the grain of the timber.
This steel allows the sharpest edge! They are used to shave off small amount of material in joinery and are only pushed by hand. Never use a mallet and never leverage chunks.
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