The Terry Martin Project Brownfish Handplane

I was recently contacted by the legendary JP St. Pierre, founder of the Super-Mega Corporation that is Surfy Surfy.  He asked if I could donate a handplane for the Terry Martin Project.   Well, what can you say to that?  Terry Martin is a legend in the surfboard shaping world.  So, what to do?  How do you make something as small as a Handplane, POP, in a world of beautiful surfboards.  Well, I think the first thing would be to try and find a following.  It's kind of hard to follow something, if you can't see it from the get-go.  My thoughts are that a build thread is in order.  For the next few days, I will be highlighting the build of this handplane.  Hopefully that will bring some exposure to such a worthy cause.  This will be my very best effort.  I think I am going to go with a Short and Fat Model.  It is a good all around shape, that really highlights the better aspects of Brownfish Handplanes.  For more information on the the Terry Martin Project, clicky here: http://www.terrymartinproject.com/

Here are the first few steps:

Pick out your best two halves of wood, with the grooviest grain patterns.  Add a 10 ply colored stringer from Brad Appelgate at Appelcore stringers.

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