snipped-for-privacy@spamcop.net wrote*** Belatedly, I'll support the LV low angle plane. Not sure if I am satisfied with it (everytime I use it I want to redesign it), but it certainly does the job better better than any other plane I ever used. Must be among my three most used tools.
> > I'll agree that you can't go wrong with LN or LV though, and the plane
> > will be useable or at most require a slight honing to the blade
> > right out of the box.
> John Thomas schreef
> I've also got the low-angle LV block. Bang-for-the buck, this one's a
> no-brainer. I'd buy it again in a heartbeat, and forgo the Stanley's.
> "Only" ~$100, but you can make shavings with it right out of the box.
> (get the chamfering attachment, if you go this route; it works really
> well, and you'll learn all about reading grain. DAMHIKT.)
I don't think a Stanley 60 1/2 is useful for anything, not even as a door stop. PvR