Veritas dovetail saw quality

I'm in the market for my first dovetail saw and I've heard good things about veritas. This summer I'll be in Milwaukee and plan to stop by woodcraft to pick one up. But after going on the sight and seeing more reviews they seem mixed. Most of the things I've seen about these saws are a few years old more; has the quality dropped since those or are they still good quality for the price and the reviews are user error? Particularly is the handle not real wood like one claims?