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Tony - Memphis

>I think the wooden versions are normally low. I have an old Stanley 151 that has been a great shave. I added a Hock iron. I am hoping Santa brings me a Lee Valley wooden shave kit! Mack Headley said in a class I took that he keeps two - one set coarse and one set fine. One thing about the Hock iron was that the thickness closed up the mouth on mine really too tight. I had to file it out just a hair. It still clogs now and then.

Tony

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Eric Hedberg

>Steve,

I've got the whole set of Veritas shaves so for what it's worth here's my suggestion.

First choice: The Veritas standard angle flat spokeshave is great. I haven't found anything it can't do well including end grain. It has consistently exceeded my expectations.

Second First choice: The Veritas low angle aluminum body shave. (modeled on the old low angle wood shaves) Again it does everything, but excels at the knarly stuff.

Third First choice: The build your own kit. It works as well as anything "manufactured" and is easy to build (nice adjusters). If you have a piece of maple, bubinga, etc, it's a nice Saturday project.

Eric


http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=50230&category=1&SID=&ccurrency=2

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Dick L.

>Have a look at Dave's Shaves. Really top quality - wouldn't trade mine for anything. I would like another so I could keep one set coarse and one set fine.


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Alan Hamilton

>Steve,

I too recently bought Lee Valley's three pack of shaves. It took relatively little time to get them in shape; and I've had some fun test driving them. I'm with Eric; the Lee Valley shaves are excellent tools, and the price makes them even better.

I don't know how many folks have a need for a concave spokeshave, but I use one all the time. My new concave shave replaced a green monster, and the flat and round sole shaves replaced two Record shaves. There's no comparison. I wonder how I did anything with those other beasts--especially the green monster. The Lee Valley shaves are wonderful tools.\

Rob Lee, when does the new convex shave come out? I have need for one of those, too. I'm looking forward to destroying that other green monster lurking in my tool chest.

Alan

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R.J.Whelan

>Steve ... I own a straight shave from Dave's Shaves and recently bought the Bogg's shave from LN; these two shave along with a restored #151 with a Hock iron comprise my straight shaves and I like them all.

I keep the Dave's Shave set up with the iron bedded at a slight incline (more agressive on one side than the other) - this is a big time saver when going from slightly less refined work to finer cuts.

My new favorite is the Bogg's shave from LN: it has a very tight throat and I keep it set for a very fine cut. Another thing I like about this tool is the straight handle makes it very easy to use one-handed: I saw Garrett Hack doing this at a WW show (beveling an edge) and when I tried it in my shop I couldn't quite pull it off - with the Bogg's shave it's a snap.

Good luck with your decision .... rj

PS - I agree with you about not wanting to restore tools. Before I went full time with my woodworking I enjoyed the challenge of tuning up old tools but now it just takes too much time away from paying work. I still like to build the occassional plane though.

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Rob Lee

>Hi Alan -

Still working on it - we have 1/2 dozen different designs right now - but still searching for the "AHA!" model....

Cheers -

Rob