Seeing a pair of 102/103 white bronze limited release block planes sell on here got me thinking (and kicking myself for not buying them when I could). It seems like the most recent golden age of hand planes ended when the pandemic started, but it was going downhill before then. I'm talking about the limited releases of white bronze block planes, router planes, etc. Lie Nielsen seemed to do quite a few of these in somewhat [useless] less useful form factors (the No1 and No2 Bronze models come to mind, as do the side rabbet planes) and Veritas followed (the NX60 for example). Now I think we'll be lucky to see the Bronze No 4 come up for sale in the next 3 months for a few days.
Will these companies come out with new limited release models in the future? No 1 Bronze planes selling for 2000+ on eBay sure has to indicate there's a market, even if not huge. I've got a long wish list of speciality models I'd like to see again - am I going to have to wait forever or just suck up and pay the eBay prices?