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The worktop wood was a bastard though. Where the different bits of wood had been finger jointed together, two adjacent pieced had completely different grain angles so when one bit was giving nice ribbons, the next bit would tear. Maybe a sharper blade would help but it was still annoying.
Time to buy a low-angle block plane :-)
BareNecessities-
I've just had the "maybe I should get a table saw" chat with mrs_com....
You could tell it was a lot to do with the direction of the grain because given two different sections, they would both plane well in opposite directions. Which mean I kept getting a small amount of tear either side of the finger joint.
What would a low angle block plane do differently? Genuinely interested.
stevo_com
Took a load of counter top offcuts from @Dammit just for the sake of having wood to play with. Thought I would try my hand at planing seeing as I bought a plane and promptly stuck in my tool chest.
Managed to get a much better edge on the plane than it came with. The scratches in what should have been the polished edge made it look like it was sharpened with a chainsaw. I got it good, but it could be a lot better.
The worktop wood was a bastard though. Where the different bits of wood had been finger jointed together, two adjacent pieced had completely different grain angles so when one bit was giving nice ribbons, the next bit would tear. Maybe a sharper blade would help but it was still annoying.
Not really looking to achieve anything other than practice but I made a holder for the plane that I'm quite happy with. Holds it really well with the weight on the front handle and a perfect fit between the two arms at the top to stop it tipping out.