If you could have 1 hand plane for small box making - what type?

Hi All,



I am looking at getting my first hand plane. I am hoping I could have your opinions. I understand opinions will differ, but I can only have 1 at this stage.



It will mainly be used for making small boxes.


Timber will be dressed/rough dressed. I expect I would need to used it to finish before sanding, taking out the odd scratch, occasionally jointing & for use on end grain. At the moment I either sand excessively or I use a router to do most of the above which involves considerably more time setting up than making a cut.



I spend most my time wood turning and I am now starting to making small boxes. My tools are limited so I want to get the plane which will get the most use. I am not after the best on the market as I would like to have money left over for other tools / wood.



I am happy to have a go at fine tuning an old plane as I will learn from this too. The last time I touched a plane was 10yrs ago in high school.



I have searched on here and believe a Block Plane might be the best starting tool but I am not sure yet.



Thanks in advance.



Cheers