Speaking of spoke shaves - what should one look for in a spoke shave? I've made a couple of things lately where a spokeshave would have been the tool of choice, but I don't yet have one.

There seem to be a decent smattering of old wooden handled ones around, but I've also seen word of adjustable throat spoke shaves, and that seems appealing given that I seem to have a propensity for finding bits of wood with grain that changes direction in awkward places.

A lot of the new tools we seem to be offered here are junk made in india or china (they're not all junk, just the majority), so most likely I'd be looking at a preloved stanley or marples or something like that.

So (and sorry if the ends up hijacking your thread Bill) how would I go about choosing a decent spokeshave?

Thanks - Simeon.

: Teaching Greenland paddle carving class starting in a week, have to
: have tools. I've already got a bunch of Stanley 102 finger
: planes that work great for details and the loom, easier for
: beginners to master than a spoke shave.

: Bill H.