Brand new block plane out of the box from Lee Valley. First thing to do is flatten the back of the blade. We do this to remove the machine grooves out of the back otherwise those grooves act like a comb on top of your surface. Not a good thing.
Brand new block plane out of the box from Lee Valley. First thing to do is flatten the back of the blade. We do this to remove the machine grooves out of the back otherwise those grooves act like a comb on top of your surface. Not a good thing.