Razee plane

A razee plane is a style of wooden hand plane which has a section of its rear cut away, so that the plane has a lower handle. This design makes the plane lighter, with a lower centre of mass, and puts the handle closer to the workpiece and cutting edge – giving the user greater control.^[1][2][3]

Razee plane

A razee jack plane
A razee jointer plane
Other names	Recess handle plane Cutaway plane
Classification	Type of wooden hand plane

Use

Historically, because they are lighter and easier to control,^{[compared to?]} razee planes were often used in school and training workshops.^[1][2]

Despite their advantages razee planes are not as common, likely because they were originally slightly more expensive to buy.^{[compared to?][4][1]}

Etymology

The name razee may be derived from the historic razee ship conversion, in which a wooden sailing ship is modified by removing upper decks to lower the ship's centre of mass.^[1]