Hey Victor,

Try a spokeshave if you have one. When I tried to plane the walnut on my Guillemot "L" with a low angle plane I ended up with a pitted mess. After a few minutes adjusting (and re-adjusting) the spokeshave I was able to smooth out the pits to the point where the sanding could take care of the rest. After an hour or so I decided that I preferred the spokeshave hands-down over the plane. It was very easy to concentrate my effort strictly on the hump where the two strips meet.

The spokeshave is a very satisfying tool to use and will even get into some of the concaved areas of the kayak. When I built my daughters kayak I did almost all the planing work with the spokeshave.

Happy Building.

Charles.