: I bought one of the Lie-Nielson rabbet block planes. It has the
: blade all the way to the edge so if you want to get up against
: the forms and still cut you can. The blade is super hard and
: doesn't require resharpening very often. It doesn't have an
: adjustable mouth but cedar and redwood are not much of a
: challenge when it comes to tear out.

That's a good point. The rabbet block plane provides more functionality for the same price. I would suggest springing for the extra $10 to get the nicker, in case you actually end up using it to make rabbets.