Reply To: Skew rabbet + plow plane or combination plane?

I have the Veritas combination plane and find that it works really well; however, it does have some limitations working cross-grain. With the straight blade (not skewed) for rabbeting, the surface on a cross-grain cut can be rough unless I take a really light cut (at least for the final few passes).

I don’t own a skew rabbet plane, and so I can’t directly compare the two. For me the combination plane is fine, and I don’t expect I will feel the need to obtain a skew rabbet.