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beautiful plane rick ! 

Good looking work.   

Nice plane and excellent write up!

I was gonna ask if you needed another box 🤔!

Nice work and a useful tool!

Beautiful plane!

Thanks Pottz!

Wow, very nice write up and a beautiful tool. 

Thanks 987Ron!  

Thanks Steve! I hope the writeup wasn't too long. 

Nice work real nice looking plane 

Very nice plane, Rick !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's some lovely work and the write up is thoughtfully done so thank you.
What is it you make Rick that you require so many, or is it a bit like the "a man/woman can never have enough clamps" syndrome? Thanks

MrRick,
That is one beautiful tool, excellent craftsmanship on your part. I enjoyed the write up, well done, was a pleasure to read.
Like you, I enjoy using hand tools in my work, not sure why, but I think it started when I visited Colonial Williamsburg, VA. The craftsmanship by the Actor-Interpreters there was phenomenal, their works are a thing of beauty, and all performed without electricity. 
In your writeup regarding the making of the iron I noticed you didn't mention whether or not you tapered it like the originals. Did you taper it? I've collected some 18th century tools that I try to use as often as possible, and when molding plane irons are stuck, I use the "tap it in further to release it" method. Works pretty good.
Thanks for this descriptive writeup, most interesting.

Thanks SplinterGroup!  Yes... I'm probably going to need another box. But I'll wait to see where all this is going as I have the making of other planes in mind. 

Thanks Ryan! 

Thank you very much awesum55!

Thanks Corelz125!

Thanks so much Jim!!  I appreciate it!

Nicely made plane, looks great.

That laminated construction makes it a lot simpler to cut the bed and escapement.

Thanks Aussie....It all started by my interest in making mouldings by hand for some of my boxes. I didn't own any moulding planes. So I thought about it and wondered if I had the skills making moulding planes or could develop the skills. I researched and studied it all and tried making a few. I was pleased with the results. 
While making a few mouldings I found out that making matching sets allow you to make all kinds of moulding profiles. 
It's all a learning process and thus produces more planes. Some I use far more than others. But I enjoy the journey. Nothing like doing it to acquire experience and improvinging skills.