I have been building my tool kit for a bit now and am generally pretty happy with it. The one place where I feel I am really lacking is the ability to plow a groove, this seems to be if not a requirement a big advantage on many of the projects that I want to do. I had been considering ordering the veritas plow plane but I had a few unexpected expenses recently and my wife and I have a trip to Denmark planed soon so I am holding off on that for now. I did see a few wooden plow planes in a local antique shop recently though that would fit the budget, ranging from 60-120 range that appear to be functional.
If these would be a good alternative I might do that for now and then add something like the veritas combo plane late in the year. If not I will just hold off for now and either change projects or work around (I have a router, router plane, or can saw and chisel) until I can get the right tool.
So the question is would a wooden plow plane be a reasonable solution as at least a 6 month alternative and then have continuing usefulness in my shop or should I hold off. I suppose the answer might me it depends on which plane it is, I unfortunately did not snap pics or write it down last time I was there.