Andy Dingley wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
If he isn't big on hand tool woodworking already, almost anything from Lie-Nielsen would be good. The quality is enough to convert someone to the handtool side, and the stuff pretty much looks like works of art.
If he already has & uses handplanes, then a scraper plane is an excellent idea...it's one of those revelation type tools, the first time you use it.
This is English English. He means erasers.
John