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Thanks to everyone for the good advice. Talked to the guy at Woodcraft
who taught me sharpening, and he recommended a LN 4 1/2 smoother. His
recommendation was based on what I told him I was working on...mostly
cherry wood, plenty of tables/bookcases/etc. He said any tearout can
be remedied with a card scraper. Went home with it. Time will tell if
it's the right one for my needs, but it sure is a joy to use.

Let us know how they work out for ya. I have never had much luck with
scrapers on Cherry but then again, I still don't think I've
hit the "Zen" level with sharpening them.
Cheers,
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