How did I end up in the enviable position of reviewing some of the newest products from Veritas? It's a question I ask myself on quite a frequent basis, because it seems so unlikely. I'm not a professional woodworker; nor an engineer or any kind of mechanically-minded person. It came about because I was extremely miffed at not being able to see them at a local woodworking show, and I said so. On a public forum. To the MD of the UK distributors. So to answer my own question, possibly bare-faced cheek had something to do with it... I don't know whether the idea was to get me to be quiet or what, but I was asked "So, if we lend them to you, will you review them for the forum?" Naturally I said "Yes" and the rest is history.
Occasionally I get accused of bias and lack of integrity because I'm allowed to keep the tools I review or dispose of them as I see fit. Well I say accused; usually it's just "inferred". FWIW, my integrity is worth rather more to me than the price of a plane. I have one reason for writing these reviews, and one only. I know how difficult it is to decide on tool purchases when you have to buy sight unseen, so I try and fill that void with as much detail as possible. It's not a perfect solution, but it's a little more helpful than one small picture and a brief sentence in a tool catalogue I hope. Take the lot with as large a pinch of salt as you desire, but the only sales speak you'll hear will be in your own mind.
In the interests of full disclosure, reviews marked with * indicate items that were either on loan or subsequently given to the forum for competitions/sold for funds. ** indicates items I bought or was given.
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Veritas Block Planes* (subsquently bought one) |
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Veritas Medium Shoulder Plane* (subsequently bought one)
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Veritas Spokeshaves*
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Veritas Bench Planes*
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Veritas Low Angle Smoother*
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Veritas Scraper Plane and Cabinet Scraper*
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Veritas Bullnose Plane*
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Veritas Low Angle Jack Plane
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Veritas Large Shoulder Plane*
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Veritas Low Angle Spokeshave**
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Hardware Kit for Veritas Spokeshaves
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Veritas Scrub Plane
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Veritas Mark II Honing Guide
Also for this guide, the Camber Roller Unit and Skew Registration Jig.
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Veritas Bevel Up Smoother
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Veritas Bevel Up Jointer Fence
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Veritas Router Plane
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Veritas Small Plow Plane
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Squirrel-Tail Palm Planes
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Veritas Dovetail Saw
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Veritas DX60 and NX60 Block Planes
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