On 3 May 2005 01:54:01 -0700, "Charlie Self" wrote:

You cannot buy Veritas planes from other retailers, if my memory serves
from a conversation with Rob Lee a few years ago, because they can't
offer a decent wholesale-retail price spread on them and still make a
profit, thus all LV planes are sold through LV only.

Ah - that explains something. Axminster (high-end UK mail order
toolshop) sell many LV items, but not the planes. I'd always wondered
why.