![The original masterpiece. The Holtey 98 Smoothing Plane was the maker’s first original design.](http://www.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/HolteyNo98-150x150.jpg)
The No. 984 panel plane, currently in production, will be the last run of commercial handplanes in Karl Holtey’s legendary and innovative 26-year career. His first original design is shown above. I had the chance early on in my time at Popular Woodworking to handle several of his incredible tools, and take a few shavings. It was about a year after I joined the staff and maybe 1 week after […]
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