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Always carry a plane with you.

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Always carry a plane with you.

Postby Andy Kev. » 13 Oct 2021, 11:48

I teach English in Germany for a living. Having discussed food with them yesterday, my students said that they wouldn't mind trying a bit of English cheese, so I went to the local supermarket which happens to have Wensleydale with bits of apricot in it. I duly brought that into work this morning ... but there was no knife to cut the plastic wrapping open!

As it happens, one of the students had trained as a joiner in a previous life and I'd coincidentally brought my Veritas LAJ in to show him. Then the light went on: planes have detachable blades and they are extremely good at cutting open and cutting up pieces of Wensleydale.

And what do we learn from this? Always but always, make sure that you have a hand plane in your rucksack. You never know when it will come in use.
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Re: Always carry a plane with you.

Postby Andyp » 13 Oct 2021, 11:53

Nice one.
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Postby Mike G » 13 Oct 2021, 11:54

Put the blade back in and you could have sliced the cheese thinly...... :lol:
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Postby Andyp » 13 Oct 2021, 12:02

Mike G wrote:Put the blade back in and you could have sliced the cheese thinly...... :lol:


Only with the right bevel angle :)
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Postby TrimTheKing » 13 Oct 2021, 12:55

Andyp wrote:
Mike G wrote:Put the blade back in and you could have sliced the cheese thinly...... :lol:


Only with the right bevel angle :)


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Postby Alf » 13 Oct 2021, 13:29

I've come across a few plane irons that could be described as having the edge holding of a piece of cheese, but never cut any with one - nice lateral thinking. Once made a saw that got used to cut, iirc, a cake, but don't know if that from a lack of available cake knife or just because. Infinitely useful things, hand tools. Often think it's ironic that for years I used to hanker after owning a MicroPlane rasp, but only finally got one when I found myself exiled from the workshop and confined to the kitchen. They call it a zester there.
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Postby Phil Pascoe » 13 Oct 2021, 13:35

We used one of the small curved Surforms as a parmesan grater for years - it fitted around the curve of the whole cheese.
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Re: Always carry a plane with you.

Postby Andyp » 13 Oct 2021, 15:33

TrimTheKing wrote:
Andyp wrote:
Mike G wrote:Put the blade back in and you could have sliced the cheese thinly...... :lol:


Only with the right bevel angle :)


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Sorry Boss,
But it really is quite brie-sy to to do.
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Re: Always carry a plane with you.

Postby Tiresias » 13 Oct 2021, 16:00

Andyp wrote:
Sorry Boss,
But it really is quite brie-sy to to do.


Only if you take it caerphilly.
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Re: Always carry a plane with you.

Postby MattS » 13 Oct 2021, 16:12

I guess that means that you don't carry a knife. Not many people do, but unless I'm going somewhere I know there will be security I ALWAYS have a Swiss army knife in my pocket, even around the house. Then I have a rather nice Sheffield made knife which is in my bag when I'm out and about.
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Postby Woodster » 13 Oct 2021, 18:18

I always carry a SAK. My current one is a Pioneer X.

https://www.victorinox.com/uk/en/Produc ... /0.8231.26

I would have thought a decent Cheddar would have been a better representation of English cheese rather than some rubbish with fruit in it! :lol:
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