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LV Spokeshaves
John Meikrantz
>I have the LV low angle spokeshave, and I am looking at their new flat and round shaves. Since they have a deal to purchase both now for a 15% savings, is it worth it to have both? Since I have the low angle, will that allow me to do some of the things that the rounded shave would otherwise do? Would the flat one be more practical by itself? If I could only afford one, would the flat or rounded be a better choice?
Thanks for your opinions!
John
Re: LV Spokeshaves
Jim in Burlington
>I think the flat one is the better of the two for most work but the curved one is handy to have. Once made sharp they are a great duo.
Re: LV Spokeshaves
Rob Lee
>Hi John (and others) -
If you're going to order these shaves sometime in the next three days - be prepared for them to be intermittently in and out of stock..
Lots of people have waited until the last minute to order them, are we're getting creamed right now...
Any "delay" in shipment should be at most a couple of days (no matter what our system says)...
Cheers -
Rob
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Greg B�tit, Vergennes, VT
>I have all three LV shaves. And "more than" a (couple) dozen others, because I'm a spokeshave junkie (But that's another thread...)
I think that the curved sole shave's forte is shaping or smoothing concave surfaces. The low angle shave is able to also do concave surfaces by switching the front piece position. You could get along without the curved sole one. But you're getting along with just the Veritas low angle right now.
I find uses for and take pleasure in using every spoke shave I own. Rough shaping and putting the finishing touches on the surface each take different blade geometries. So do end grain and straight grain situations, and flat or concave VS concave shaping. You can do all of this with varying degrees of success (mostly all 'good or better') by adjusting your one Veritas low angle blade geometry and switching around the front. But owning a selection of shaves you will enable you to set each to its advantage and move more quickly from one aspect of the job to another.
And face it, if you have to stop and fiddle with the tool you're not going to do it as much as you 'should'. Its hard to change the setting on a shave that's set in its sweet spot for one operation, even though you know it isn't set quite right for what you need to do right now.
So, I say: "more is better". But if your budget is tight and there are other tool categories being neglected, then you can do without the concave soled shave.
Greg -who knows he was absolutely no help here...
You want it, you NEED it.
John K in Hastings, MN
>They're really sweet shaves. They quickly became top-tier tools in my shop. The price is right, get 'em both if you can afford it.
The low angle plane can do a lot, but the shaves are so nice...
John
Get both.
Eric Hedberg
>I have all the Veritas shaves and like Greg a few more. I've found that on concave curves a lot of variables go into which shave works best, not the least of which is the radius of the cut curve and the effect it has on different wood grains. It's also a good deal for a great tool set. If I had to choose one though I would get the flat shave. It isn't the reason I bought the set, but it has turned into one of my all time favorite spokeshaves. Eric
The price of success, must be tough : )
Eric Hedberg
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Re: The price of success, must be tough : )
Rob Lee
>Well...
It's more like a shortage of fixtures... we've just made the switch from one at a time, to six at a time...
Hate to make 6 sets of fixture (or more) until you're sure you aren't making any changes...
Cheers -
Rob