A planer? Such as a hand-held electric planer?
Going long here...
A small axe, specifically a carving axe, on a larger chopping block (at least as large in diameter, or larger, that your typical unruly out of round rough piece) would be another very effective method. And dust free.
The magic of a carving axe is its ground bevels. A chopping/felling axe is made for large, powerful 2-handed swings that meet the wood diagonal to perpendicular to the surface, and with a convex bevel behind the edge that wedges away big chunks of wood.
In contrast, a carving axe is small, a single-hand hatchet size that has edge bevels that are flat to the edge (or slightly convex, I prefer a flat bevel to the edge for better bite, easy to re-grind), and a swing that is presented to the wood at a much flatter, acute angle to the surface (approaching parallel) that splits, almost shaves away the surface in shallow cuts, removing wood more like a drawknife or plane. Here is a very good quicky review of the new Swedish-made Gransfurs Bruk medium carving axe. He shows it in action so you can see how a carving axe is presented to the wood. He also shows it against other high reputation carving axes (I own the Swedish-made Julia Kalthoff that he compares it to, a great carving axe). I have the large version of this same GB axe, and it wastes away wood fast, but can be a bit fatiguing due to the 2+lb weight. I re-ground the left bevel flat (for right-hand swinging).
View: https://youtu.be/xB4t4oDQxaA?si=JF0hwfF3UagQlz5Y
The axe maker I like best is Jason Lonon from North Carolina. His forging work is second to none, but I feel what really makes his small and large carving axes different is the ergonomics of the handles. Rather than radius shaped handles, he uses octogon faceted handles that lock into your grip with much less grip force needed than the radius shaped handles, like old Plumb-brand wood handled hammers. But then, buying baseball bat pine tar from Amazon for a few bucks greatly improves the grip of the regular radius shaped handles. Or hockey stick tape, with or without the twist. Hockey pleyers like the twist due to the big gloves they wear.
View: https://youtu.be/jeIBlQV4V0o?si=js5eK55-aZnRMzqy
https://www.gransforsbruk.com/butik/produkter/timrings-och-slojdverktyg/ This is a Swedish site that you may have to hit a translate button for. See the Large Craft Car [or rather Carving] axe, the Mellan Craft Carpenter [Medium size, from the video above], and the Small Craft Car [Carving], the medium and small shown are stated as 90% and 80% scale of the Large. See authorized retailers at their website.
Julia Kalthoff carving axe, from Sweden. Previously my favorite, now second to Lonon only because of the handle shape. But, pine tar solves that issue for me.
https://www.kalthoffaxes.se/ Available through her website and select retailers.
And Jason Lonon's carving axes, see the smaller "spoon carving" and somewhat larger "carving" axes. Both also come with figured maple handles at a higher price, or standard ash and hickory handles for a lower price. Only sold through his website.
https://www.jasonalonontoolmaker.com/shop I have his smaller spoon carver (smaller in weight, but the handle fits my large glove size hand like it was made for me) and it is wonderful. Here he is making a bowl by hand (no lathe) from a cherry log.
View: https://youtu.be/qsnLsO5z9iI?si=B_JBlLyRvruHqczs
Don't let ego get in the way of buying the smaller (lighter) carving axes if that's what your body needs. They weigh in around 1-1.5lb and they do all the work with less stress and fatigue than their 2+lb brothers. And these small axes demand to be used keenly sharp. They all stay sharp for a project, but just like turning tools, their safest and most effective use comes when they are kept skew chisel sharp. A 1000-1200 grit stone of your choice followed by stropping works great for this.
My axes are from another era, all pre-war
