samson wrote:

That would have to be my draw knife. But you don't
want to pull it too far. That's what happened to my
half-brother.


GROAN - after chuckling.

Before the Veritas rabbet/block plane - "It's a block plane!
"It's a rabbet plane! It's TWO planes in one!" Leave it to
Veritas to actually mean New AND Improved - innovative
folks them Veritasers.

But probably the most versatile and most often used
"classic tool" is the real woodworkers bench - designed
and built for the type of woodworking you're doing - or
plan / dream of doing. Who ever said "workbench" was
probably the best answer IMHO.

charlie b