: I can't tell you how much it pains me to see a Lie Nielsen plane
: being used to trim fiberglass. :-(

I can't tell you how little I fetishize my tools. Do you have a tool to suggest that would have done this task better? I needed a tool with a good edge, that would cut right up flush against the form while creating a flat, horizontal surface. Are you suggesting I should waste my time with a lesser tool just because Mr. Nielsen didn't know this is what his tool would be used for? I would have been happy to use something else, but the rabbet plane did a very good job at a task that really needed to be done.

: Seriously, how well did the A2 blade hold up?

It gets dull eventually, but it holds up better than a lesser quality tool would. I'll sharpen it when it needs to be sharpened to do whatever task I have at hand. They aren't exactly cheap, so it's not like I can devote one to cutting fiberglass and another to cutting rabbets (which I never do anyway).