Modern Violinmaking Planes 
Bill Carter – 100 Miniature Boxwood Planes
Well, 100 miniature boxwood planes, plus a couple of dozen more for good measure. The extras aren’t just made from boxwood though as there are one or two made from other woods, such as lignum vitae.
Bill Carter is a master planemaker who has been making all kinds of planes for the past 25 years or [...]
Violin Maker’s Planes By Christopher Martyn
These violin maker’s planes in cherry, elder, boxwood, lignum vitae and other exotic woods have all been made by Christopher Martyn of Winchester, Hampshire. Using his own designs and imagination, Christopher decided to make miniature planes as he needed them, being an avid maker of both violins and guitars.
The planes are constructed using the method [...]
Ibex Violin Makers Planes
Ibex violin makers planes have been somewhat of a standard for modern luthiers. Originally designed by guitar maker Irving Sloane, these planes are cast in silicon bronze and feature either a flat or a curved bottom design for the precise shaping that is needed when making violins, lutes, guitars or other stringed instruments.
The particular planes [...]
Five Fancy Engraved Violinmaker’s Planes
The swirling lines and attractive stippled background look great on these five modern violin maker’s planes. Cast in gunmetal and carefully engraved by someone who obviously knows what they’re doing, these violin planes bear the name “M Weston” on the side, possibly being the name of the maker himself or the owner (though we suspect [...]