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Beautiful plane and a great write up.  Thanks Rick!

Thank you Ken! I appreciate it. Cheers! 

Agree with Ken,  excellent.   

Mr. Rick Sir, magnificent work, pure craftsmanship at it's best. 👍
You have mastered this art, must have all the reference material needed for your use, but if you desire for more, here are three books I purchased for my information as a user;

The Wooden Plane - It's History, forum, and function. John M. Whelan. Astragal Press. With 502 pages of description, plane name, profile, and over 1000 illustrations.

Making Traditional Wooden Planes. John M. Whelan, Astragal Press. Shows all types  - molding, bench, plow, Boxmaker's, etc. etc.
Restoring, Tuning & Using Classic Woodworking Tools. Michael Dunbar. Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.  This covers a lot of 17th and 18th century tools, as well as planes.

Just thought you might be interested. 
Beautiful craftsmanship on this plane, enjoy using it.

Great job on the plane and the write up! You're building quite a collection.

thats a beautiful plane rick, nice work !

I am astounded of your skill in making these planes.  This one is beautiful.

Thank you Ron!

That is one sweet plane, Rick, Nice work on it!!

Thank you very much Oldtool! This may surprise you but I have no reference material and no books regarding making moulding planes. I have read a few articles here and there and seen photos of others work but other than this I have just developed my own techniques and refined it. Thank you for the book recommendations. I know Whelan's books and was thinking about buying one or more. Cheers! Rick

Thanks Steve! Glad you like the writeup. Yes. I've done 9 moulding planes now. And 3 or 4 other type wooden planes as well. In addition, I'm now thinking about doing a pair of Snipe Bill moulding planes.

Nice job Rick. Another very informative build post with pics almost as great as the plane itself. So easy to follow along. Great jib.

Thanks Pottz! 

Thank you so much Birdseye49! I'm very happy with it. French polishing it made the spalted grain "pop" like you wouldn't believe!!

Thanks Jim! Glad you like it. 

Thanks GeorgeWest! Glad you like the writeup. It was almost as much work but like making the plane it was also a pleasure to do. Cheers! 

Mr Rick,

Nice work.  I love shellac  The wood is beautiful.

Hi gdaveg ... thank you! I love Shellac too! I particularly like it when applied by French polishing. Results always are stunning!!
Cheers! 

Nice job Rick, that French polish makes it pop.

Not sure if you are going to need boxing for the snipes bill, although if you just use maple or similar and it wears too fast, you can easily make another.

Thanks MikeB_UK ! French polishing indeed is awesome! 
With regard to boxing.. in the old days boxwood was used. But today it's not easy to find and can be really expensive. 
I had in mind to use some purpleheart for boxing if I do it. It's harder than boxwood and and usually has a very nice straight grain. 
I'm still thinking it all over.