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Hand Tool School #39: Useful Tool Features vs. Gimmicks
I've been a fan of Shannon Rogers ever since he became the third wheel on Wood Talk. I've watched his videos and now listen to (queue the doowop) to his Lumber Industry Update. I can't believe I am only now finding him on Core 77. And although I have never met him and cant say that I really know him, I do feel confident in saying that Nathan's comments below strike me as unfair and maybe even misguided. I found the article both educational and entertaining. But let's keep things in perspective: we're talking his personal opinions on hand tools. Of course all this was two years ago, on a niche subject on a niche website, so...
All of your arguments are basically "I don't need this so nobody else should, either" and your writing is so littered with typos and poor grammar that it's not really persuading me to listen. Obviously, there are people who do work with highly figured woods and they have every right in the world to have special planes made just for them--just getting a scraper to take a clean, chatter-free pass over an endgrain butcher block can be next to impossible without an adjustable one. There are also people with arthritis and other health/mobility issues who might appreciate things like a "gimmicky" saw tooth geometry that makes something just a tiny bit easier for them.