I have never purchased a hand plane. All my planes come from either my grandfather or father. Old Stanleys, Sargeants, etc. Good workers, but have seen better days. Now that I am incorporating hand tuning toi my power tool work, I have ordered some Bad Axe saws, and want to get some good planes. A low angle block plane, a Smoothing plane, and a shoulder plane. Probably a good shooting plane as well. Don't need any Joiners as I' use power for that. The Veritas planes look very appealing, especially with the different degree blade options readily available, which make the low angle plane quite versatile. Their skewed block plane also looks pretty good. How do they compare to Lie Nielsen planes, or the new Stanleys that are out? Should I even lookat the Primus planes, or are they too hard to tune? Suggestions would be appreciated.