Boxwood mitre smoother

A little while ago a member of a woodworking forum I read on a daily basis sent me a 3 part article from Furniture and cabinet making magazine. The article was by Karl Holtey and was a plan for a mitre smoothing plane based on the style of the Norris 11 mitre plane. I agreed to make one based loosely around this plan but a little larger. Here is the first one completed tonight. Another one for myself is close behind almost finished.

I had never worked with european boxwood before. While not the most interesting grained or colored wood, its dense tight grain is wonderful to work. The buttery color has really grown on me. I was a little concerned when the request was made to use this wood for this plane as its not that easy to find especially in sizes large enough for infills. This material is sold usually in log form which for boxwood is really quite small with only 3-4 inch diameters typical. Luckily I found some and as an added bonus it was really old and dry. This is what i started with.

The pieces were just large enough when I had removed the split portion from each section. I have a couple pieces left over for the bent back mitres I am working on.

Now i really need to get mine finished...