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 [...]