Krenov-style smoothing plane

Here is a smoothing plane I made in olive wood. It works beautifully. Olive is a fine wood for planes, but when freshly cut, it has the property of corroding steel. (Even though the tree was felled over 20 years ago!) For a while, my blade (from Ron Hock) kept rusting quickly. It is okay now that the wood has aged a bit and lost some of its “juice”.