"Tom Banes" wrote in message
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Not
much gain there as it won't burn. Lots of pen blanks, or plane soles
for Ron Knight though.

Ok, Ipe will burn. I burn scraps in the fire place. It just tends to burn
when it is in a fire. Remove it from the fire and it often quits burning.

And that is probably Steve Knight. The mouth blocks on his older style
planes were made out of Ipe also.