A man, a plane: Christmas day!

Yesterday, back from a hard working day I found this in my mail:

What the heck is this?

I was wondering what was inside and found this:

A box that contains a box, someone must be kidding me.

So I opened the second box...

A box full of foam, damned it!

Hidden in the middle of the foam I found this:

Someone is sending me a ball of paper, what the...?

But finally, the treasure was revealed:

Santa sent me this shiny Cadillac!

Ok it is not Santa, not really, but still! Ralph, The Accidental Woodworker in his infinite generosity sent me the Millers Falls #9 that he restored. And he did a heck of a job!

Look at that shiny sole!

No need to say how much grateful I am to Ralph for such a gift, it will have a central place in my shop without a doubt!

Some more Millers Falls porn.

Ralph, you are THE man, low hat and much much thank you!

After minor settings I put it to test.

First shavings

And to satisfy everybody's thirst for shavings here is more details (beware Matt, lot of emotions below :) )

Nice thin shaving...

...close up (18+ years old only)

I love my Millers Falls planes!