re: Best wood shaving from a handplane?

some of my first shavings were messy but colorful.

This second batch was painfull:

The third batch was just the last weekend. I had finally gotten some free time to spend in the shop.
Sweet shavings out of a Veritas shoulder/dado plane. I had wanted one for over 5 years now. I finally purchased it. Great out of the box. Love it.
I made fine shavings and thick shavings. It just cut through.

It cleaned up the tongues pretty well too.

For some reason I see a dog in the last picture: