Lie Nielsen Planes

[Uncle Cracker]

I've thought for some time that there should be a special confessional booth reserved for tool gloats... "Forgive me, Father, for I have haggled..."

[cabinetman]

It's a whole lot about the irons, anyway, and a Hock iron with a perfect edge is gonna make even a dime-store plane sing, although the heft, materials and design of a high-dollar plane are still worth considering.

That's EXACTLY it. It's the iron. A well dressed iron will make a plane a plane. I've had to replace irons and there may be a difference in the steel, or the heat treatment, as to how long they hold an edge. I don't wait long enough to find out. I don't let them get to the point of major bevel work. It's easier to keep them dressed.

As a garage sale and flea market junkie, I have on occasion seen on a table a LN plane. Not always a good deal there either.
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[Anna]

You sound like you're in a confessional booth: 'I only have a COUPLE of planes, well, ok, maybe FIVE!' THAT JUST STRUCK ME AS SO FUNNY! lol!

Sorry. Just got used to talking that way with my husband.

"You want another drill? How many drills do you have again??"
"Uhm, two. Okay, maybe three. Well, seven. But what I really want is a screw gun."

[herb fellows]

Sorry. Just got used to talking that way with my husband.

"You want another drill? How many drills do you have again??"
"Uhm, two. Okay, maybe three. Well, seven. But what I really want is a screw gun."

Don't be sorry, i needed a good laugh and you provided it. My comment was meant as praise, not criticism!
I could imagine you doing a stand up act with that material!