Reply To: Hand Planes

I’ve been looking for Stanley’s on ebay, the prices in N.America are very expensive for some reason.  I looked at ebay UK and they are a dime a dozen going at 10-30 british pounds, which about 20 to 40 dollars CDN.  Unfortunatley I was quoted 68 british pounds to ship….so after looking at the cost I went and bought a Veritas 4 1/2 and a low angle jack.  After working with the 4 1/2 I want to replace it with a stanley 4 1/2 if I can ever find one reasonably priced.  I don’t like the way Veritas has set up the depth and lateral adjust all in the same knob above the handle.  You have to take your hand off the handle to make a depth adjustment and while doing so you risk moving the lateral adjust at the same time.  If I can’t find a stanley 4 1/2 I’m probably going to save up for a lie neilson 4 1/2 because they have the same setup as the stanley.