And they even cut with the Taylor blades. I noticed about a dozen retailers sell the same spokeshave. A slightly different version by several others with the same design flaw of no support under the thumbscrew, and then the really cheap junk. The junk one I had the adjustment screws were tilted and the cap did not fit. I won't say where I got it, but it was sold to me as a Stanley ( with a fair for Stanley price) and having never seen one, did not know what to look for. Also a " verified as square" nice try square for a premium price for being tested square. It was not, but I did square it myself.
I also noticed that the higher quality, Veritas as one, who make a 151-ish tool, the throat is much smaller on all three of theirs. I imagine the bevel up design ( Boggs as one) would do better on end grain, but I have not had that need and will cross that if I ever get there. I prefer Craftsman/Stickley furniture which have no curves and provincial Chinese which does have some. That is where I got into the beading #45 vs router vs scraper problem.
Anyway, I can now use both tools. It is no wonder so many have trouble with them as most are junk as supplied. Once the blade was supported, it took only a few swipes to get even the curved sole to work. Not hard. From my manufacturing quality background, I see no reason that the $25 tool could not be correctly made and machined for a retail of $35 needing only tuning up and own the market. These are simple tools. I guess a symptom of race to the bottom, no monitoring of the off-shore manufacturing, and retailers just not caring. Sad. Very sad.