Go to EBay for your needs. You can pick up used "user grade" planes
that are often better than the new stuff today. If you are willing to
do some work you can get exactly what you want. And usually for a lot
less than the new stuff on the market now that designers have discovered
hand tools ...

Sanford wrote:

I have been away from woodworking for a couple of years (not by
choice).
I used to buy my Record hand planes from Garrett-Wade but they don't
have them. Is the company out of business?

I bought one of their low angle block planes for about $35 around 2000
now the cheapest I can find is $99 from Lee Valley.

Have prices really gone up that much on hand planes?

San Edwards

now in St. George, UT