Quote Originally Posted by Alan Schwabacher View Post
I really don't understand the fuss. Schwarz made an observation that though he has often said that older tools perform as well as new tools, some of his beginning students who have old tools tend to use his new ones. Those students have a chance to try out something that's very pretty, works well, was sharpened by someone else, and that they don't already have. Why not?
No, I don't think you've accurately summarized his thesis: The proof of superiority is in the choices these folks make, and the vintage plane users often not only choose to use my LN and Veritas planes, they often go to the length of buying them at the breaks.