It has a 55 degrees blade pitch for planing, and by reversing the blade to bevel up it will perform as a scraper for use of hard cranky woods. The mouth is protected by a brass sole.
A few 5 Star customer reviews can be seen below:
'Having very little experience with spokeshaves, after some practice I found this beautifully made tool a joy to use and I have since ordered and received the curved sole version.' - Anonymous. 'An exceptional tool. I had a certain amount of buyers remorse after purchase despite already having bought several superb planes from Terry as I had not had much experience with spokeshaves and what little I did have was not all that favourable. This spoke shave changed all of that - it is a positive joy to use and I could not list the number of uses I’ve put it to. It now lives within arms reach on the bench.' - Christopher D. 'OMG! I just got this today and it helped me make fast work of some 8" diameter rings in cherry for a furniture project. Trying to smooth the circle on a router scared the **** out of me but this spokeshave and a cabinet scraper made fast work with excellent results. What a pleasure to use. I'm going to order the round bottom tomorrow and go to work on the inside circumference.' - Michael H.