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Photos of the sole and iron below. The plane weighs a bit over 7lb. The cutting edge of the iron is 5/8” wide. The iron is vertical in the body of the plane and does appear to have an angle of approx 70 degrees as suggested. I agree, I will leave it as it is and not touch the wood. Whatever it...

Thank you all for the responses. The reason I thought it was a metal scraping plane is that it appears identical as far as I can tell to the plane in this picture: I have just come across this website that has a small amount of information on this tool, although it appears the tool they were...

It is my great grandfathers tool so I’m not really looking to sell, and would like to restore it if that doesn’t kill the value. If it’s best to keep it original I have already treated the borer and can keep it as it is. It is just a shame it has the damage it does. Does anyone know what wood...

I have come across an old Holtzapffel & Deyerlein metal scraping plane, that has borer in the woodwork. I can find very little about this tool, would I be making a mistake having the woodwork replaced, or is it best to keep it original and accept the borer.