On Nov 26, 7:45 pm, Jay Pique wrote:
On Nov 26, 5:00 pm, Chris Friesen wrote:

George wrote:
LNs are a work
of art as well as a working plane, so if you like really pretty, spend
some more.

To my eyes the Veritas handtools have a form-follows-function industrial
chic thing going on. I think they look just fine.

Yeah, I dig 'em too. The LNs are maybe just a little too pretty for
me. Plus, I like the idea that Lee Valley is trying new things. Like
the repeatable throat setting on the bullnose plane - it's just a
better plane because of it.

JP

I like the way LV takes many of the old plane patterns they reproduce
and makes changes that cause them to fit the hand better, be easier to
adjust, or both, while retaining much of the "industrial chic" look.
Compare the LV planes to the Stanley and Miller Falls and others that
serve as the base pattern, and look closely. Most of the LV planes
have significant improvements (also in materials, but that's largely a
function of more modern metallurgy).