User Made Violinmaking Planes 
Sappy Cocobolo Violin Plane
A tiny, yet nice and simple, violinmaker’s plane made out of one piece of cocobolo. This plane has a sapwood sole which contrasts nicely with the richer, darker heart wood. Not that the softer sapwood is really going to wear out that fast anyway. Cocobolo is quite a hard, dense timber so it should hold [...]
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 [...]
Beech Violin Maker’s Plane By H. R. West
Here we have an American user-made violinmaker’s plane by H.R. West. Made from beech wood and measuring only about 1 3/4″ long, it has been constructed in two halves and “pinned” together with wooden dowels (possibly walnut). Though not the “traditional” method of hand plane construction, it is, nonetheless, a very valid one — especially [...]