Handplane from osage wood

[Bencuri]

Osage has a lot of silica in the wood, since it tends to grow in sandy soils.  It's very hard on tools, that's for sure.  But he's only making one plane out of it, so probably won't be catastrophic.  Just means more sharpening.

Indeed, to make the plane I don't mind sharpening often. That I do anyway because Black Locust is also similar, abrading the tool edge fast. And that is the one I use most of the time. If I used pine more, I wouldn't even change from the beech sole plane.

[tablesawtom]

Osage Orange would not be my first pick for a plane, but it sure make a great choice for a mallet. The longer it sets around the harder it gets.

Tom