I am wanting to buy a bench plane specifically Stanley #5. In looking around it appears that the Blue 60's made in USA are in better condition and less expensive. Is the price because the older ons really aren't as good or because you have collectors that don't really use them but just collect? I have heard that the Blue painted Stanley USA made ones are just not as good as the old pre 1960's planes. Do you think that is true or is there a bit of plain old plane snoberry? I know guitars very well not as well as others and only have 16 currently that I play. Some of my guitar bretheren think a 1960's Gibson ES330 or ES335 is so much better than any later USA made from 70's to the current new production guitars. IMO and my 50+ years of guitar experience iI know this is not a fact, and definitely not always true. Many new production guitars today are even better than a lot of older vintage ones. Anyway, back to planes I want a get a very good working Stanley #5 to actually use. Your advice please on Blue vs Black
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