Quote Originally Posted by Chris Hachet View Post
I am really thinking that a Bevel Up jack plane may well be my next purchase, probably from LV because of the PMV11. If not, LN. I work a lot of hard Maple and quarter sawn white oak, so being able to pull the blade out, hone it quickly, and get back to work would be the largest contributing factor.
If there's any difference in how long it takes to get a chipbreaker apart and back together, it's cancelled out by the extra lapping on the back of a bevel up plane iron (to remove the wear bevel that would be on the bevel of a BD plane) and the more nitpicky maintenance of camber.