Perhaps time for those who argue some demonstrations of the opposite?
This approach could be done for smoothing until then instead, should the irons not be interchangable, or whatever reason this iron wouldn't be used for scrub work of sorts,
Perhaps Pabs could give more information of his intentions with the plane, or his options
in regards to say what suits,
Which would break down to the timbers worked I suppose, i.e like the lovely honduras mahogany
trees in Chippendales time, and favoured for it's workability isn't exactly the norm these days, but still used for acoustic necks on the fanciet of guitars, you might get away with uber sharpness alone,
or happy scraping down to get rid of tearout or be happy changing direction or whatever else other than planing in rows, i.e not planing in rows like Charlesworth would suggest.
Could be cuttin down yer own trees, and processing them, you'd need a scrub there.
Or could be planing a multitude of timbers whats available at the merchants, or even in the skips.
Here's what a freshly sharpened back bevel will do in the real world.
Should that be what folks are suggesting, as I mentioned Pabs was seemingly making good use of the cap iron already.
A real world scenario of refusing to utilize the cap iron, in a demanding circumstance.
I've cut to just after the sharpening bit, but you can skip back a few seconds to see.
