In your opinion,... if you were going to purchase a FW... would you purchase a 'newer' model ie: '50's, or an older model in the 30's/40's?? I am smitten by the older ones in the 30's/40's I guess just because the are so old and love the Egyptian Scroll plate. I have been discounting the FW's w/ the striated plates. Sounds kind of silly, guess it's just a personal preference.
Really would love anyone's opinion as to whether one decade is better/worse than the other.
thank you