On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 08:12:08 -0500, Conan the Librarian
calmly ranted:

Larry Jaques wrote:
I remember thinking the same thing from the pictures but will have
to find someone locally with a Veritas plane so I can try it out.

You really should. I was reading on woodcentral that some folks
can't even bring themselves to use the Veritas planes because they think
the totes are so ugly. For me it's a no-brainer if I'd prefer to have a
lovely, semi-comfortable tote vs. an ugly tote that fits like a glove.

Yes, comfort and control are where it's at.


But then I *use* my planes. :-)

I put several handfuls of redwood shavings from the mantle I
redid Monday, so there! I'll degloss and wax tomorrow,
then install on Saturday after the "known to the Republik of
Kalifornia to be harmful" fumes have outgassed from that nasty
J&J paste wax.


Agreed! And I'll probably go with a Veritas vs. a L-N due to
owning short crowbars and a proper Scottish wallet. (It screams
when you open it.)

You've certainly made that clear, Mr. Squeaky Britches. :-)

Of that I have no doubt.


Knowing what I know now, if I were starting from scratch buying
planes, I'd go almost exclusively with Veritas. I'd probably still have
an old Stanley jointer and fore, but for specialty planes, I don't think
you can get better bang for the buck than the Veritas.

I'm perfectly happy with the ugly^H^H^H^Hfull-of-character old
Stanleys. Maybe one of the new Veritas medium shoulder planes
will find its way here shortly after my birfday next month...
That or fix the li'l 1/2" Knight shoulder plane. It's one of his
earliest models and the epoxy didn't hold the brass sole on as
well as he'd hoped. Some jarrah ought to fix that.


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