Reply by Don W

I’m a vintage plane guy. I love vintage tools. They can work just as well as LN or Veritas. That said, I’ve got both LN and Veritas planes, and both are very well made and either will work well. As far as I can tell, the only real difference between LN and Veritas, LN has a more traditional look, were Veritas have a more modern design. I really don’t beleive the design changes change functionality at all.

Read this as well, https://timetestedtools.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/what-planes-do-i-need/

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