Quote Originally Posted by TonyL View Post
This might seem strange, but of all the BSAs that I have ever owned or shot, the ones that impress me the most (mainly for the solidity of build and engineering) are my old Lincoln Jeffries underlever and the BSA Cadet. I accept the triggers may not be the best as they were conceived and built in a different era, but I love them for that solidity, simplicity and classic lines. To me it seems that they started to "cheapen them up" after the Cadet?
I needed a small block plane for a job at home the other week, I could have got a new one for £15 but the quality was awful, so I ended up getting an old Stanley one instead, really well built and solid, they just don't make things like they used to.