I've heard many people recommend these planes as a versatile from initial smoothing to shooting.
I have a poor #4 right now. Will a LA jack serve as a good general purpose plane that can do all the stuff in a say #5-6 to a #4 range? Or do I really need to get a better #4 and a good #5?
Also, I notice the veritas version comes allows a 38deg bevel option. Is that worth it?