Carpenter - The humble shop plane Ornament

These days the shop plane is an overlooked device, it's not used that much any more. However it's still useful to have, as it's great for un-sticking a door, best of all it doesn't need power. But it still needs adjusting and sharpening. However back in the day the plane was used for everything. Cleaning and edge, flattening a board, shaping a boat, even making moulding. A typical shop may have several hundred planes. Being carpenters they could make these planes themselves. All they needed was a blacksmith to make the blade.