Richard T
Established Member
Although it may seem that Veritas are producing planes to fill very small gaps in the market, it is nothing to what Stanley got up to in 80 + years of trying to make every conceivable plane for every conceivable occasion.
Seems to me that Veritas are only thinking about reproducing the best of those Stanleys; which is sensible given the cost of producing a new design. If nobody buys it they're knackered.
Shooting begins with any old square sided plane followed by a skewed plane, then a mitre, then a skewed mitre, a dedicated shooter and then a dedicated skewed shooter. ... Did I miss anything? Mitre chopper maybe.
At the moment I am mid way in this list by using a straight mitre (Veritas low angle 'smoother') and get along just fine.
Seems to me that Veritas are only thinking about reproducing the best of those Stanleys; which is sensible given the cost of producing a new design. If nobody buys it they're knackered.
Shooting begins with any old square sided plane followed by a skewed plane, then a mitre, then a skewed mitre, a dedicated shooter and then a dedicated skewed shooter. ... Did I miss anything? Mitre chopper maybe.
At the moment I am mid way in this list by using a straight mitre (Veritas low angle 'smoother') and get along just fine.