Hi all. I have just come into possession of what will probably be one of the nicest hand planes I will ever own. I have done some online research and believe this is an 844 model parallel sided smoothing plane. Mine doesn't have an original iron (it's a Marples and well at the end of its life). I have some spare Matheison iron and chip breaker combos, but I have read that the iron is supposed to be parallel. I will try some tomorrow. I am 99.9% sure that the knob on the front bun is not supposed to be there. I think it is hiding some sort of repair and the bun looks to have been flattened. Genuinely feeling some pressure to restore sympathetically, so I am keen to have any info, advice, etc that you may wish to share. Thanks as alwayshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...8e7e5832d0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...169133e699.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a4b875241c.jpg
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