: I have a small low angle block plane which I keep very sharp with a diamond
: steel.

: I am right handed.

: I find if I hold the plane, blade up and facing left in my left hand and hold
: the thinning point of the strip down against the blade with my left thumb
: then pull the strip through with my right hand I can apply just the right
: amount of pressure required for those very tips. Quick, jig-less and easy,
: with a little practice.

: If you cut your thumb you are pressing too hard.

: Et.

Leather glove, much more comfy to plane off the thumb of the leather glove

Bill H.