Probably my favorite at the moment is the Sargent transitional plane I received in last year’s (2021’s) Handplanes of Your Dreams Secret Santa. That now sits out on my bench next to the two block planes that are right at hand for daily use whenever a bit of wood needs to be taken off something. I reduced the width of two pieces of plywood by a hair under 1/16 inch yesterday using the Sargent, plus trimmed over a quarter off a piece of pine ship-lap that became the bottom of a box.
