Hi

Stanley made a cabinet scraper plane Stanley No.80 is the one left down
to my by family , but the original blade was sharpened a bit different
than the standard cabinet scraper. With the scraper plane there are an
angled edge that is set up as a chissel or hand plane blade , then as
useal all surfaces are polished and the burr are grown ontop the angled
cutting edge.
Now this "plane" are adjusted by a screw in the middle that when
screwed in force the blade to be curved , and then you better watch out
,as suddenly this humble tool do a chip as thick as any plane ,it
suddenly show that it is the details and care that make the tool work ,
and please take into account that you maby think you know what a
cabinet scraper can maneage --- but only if you tried one that is realy
set up right.
It is a small art to set it right, polishing must be perfect and
ofcaurse done on all surfaces as here aswell as with other hand tools,
the "Polishing" surface make halve the cutting edge and it is no good
to try sharpen a blade if you forget that there are two plane surfaces
to form one cutting edge , --- well I don't need to say that to the
ones who know carpentry but it is to often forgot, that a right
sharpened hand tool can be almost as effective as an electric povered
one. The cabinet scraper is ofcaurse perfect for runners ,but with an
edge sharper than a razor so sharp it will split atoms you will have a
tool that can be sharpened to take curves and surfaces and placing it
in a Stanley 80 just make it the perfect tool for finish big surfaces
in a quality you would never think you would maneage being an amature,
---- still there are many misunderstood way's to sharpen it but only
one right way .