I'm attempting to collect some hand tools for my woodworking, and am having trouble getting things for reasonable money. And then on Craig's list a guy offers what looks to be an old Stanley No. 4, a Stanley No. 7, what looks to be a rabbet plane, block plane, and a couple of cabinet scrapers for $25. Everything I wanted to start with... and I was too late.
Half a day later another guy offers up a very unused set of tools: Veritas low angle jack plane, Veritas bevel up smoother plane, Veritas bevel up jointer plane, extra blade, pinnacle chisel set, Lie Nielsen low angle block plane, Veritas spoke shave, and a Veritas cabinet scraper... all for $550. I wasn't prepared for that expense, so I had to let that go. Any ideas how much I'll regret that later?
I suspect I won't see another plane listed for a while. Oh well. This hand tool gathering stuff is tough!