Steve Newman consistently sends the message that "you dont need all that high end stuff" (or at least he doesnt). He seems to really enjoy rust hunting and does good work with the stuff he reconditions. And he plays the perfect gadfly, poking all of us in the chest to remind us that you dont need expensive tools to woodwork. Steve doesnt have a salesman's easygoing personality, so the pokes are often ... well, what they are. But IMO his basic point is still valid. YMMV.
(Full disclosure: I chose to spend some discretionary income on LV planes and a higher end fretsaw. I dont think they make me a better woodworker. I simply like them.)
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”