Currently I'm attracted to the Veritas 'scrub' plane, but never having used one and never having known anyone who used one, I'm not sure if this or some other type of plane should be the next one to try. Maybe another type of hand plane would make this easier.

I still find hand thicknessing rosewood and ebony an arduous task. I'm trying to talk myself out of buying a drum sander, about which I have developed an obsession lately. The only luthier that I know personally uses a powered drum sander for all thicknessing tasks. What I don't understand at all is the 'newer?' types of planes. I think of these as 'conventional' planes. To the best I can recall, I've owned these planes for over 30 years. I know how to sharpen and adjust these tools moderately well, but with room for improvement. I own a made-in-England Stanley spoke shave, a made-in-USA Stanley block plane, a Record number 3 and a Record number 5 plane. So I'm hoping that an experienced luthier who prefers hand tools will explain a bit about these types of planes to me.

I'm still at the stage of trying to figure out what works best for me. I'm a newbie at making guitars I've made 4 classicals so far.

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