Superb Record #4 smoother on offer . The price includes the following features, most of which are not to be found on brand new ones- and definitely won't be found on any murky- single- picture -planes being offered at prices not much less than mine.

1. Surface ground sole , sides and blade back which implies flatness and trueness, not to mention an absence of rust and the obligatory blobs of house paint. 2)Blade bevel ground square and correctly honed for smoothing purposes-SHARP. 3)Nice Black Maire wood, sprayed with catalysed lacquer (no clammy oils here). 4)Frog happily seated, adjusted to have a medium mouth .(Wide mouthed frogs are to be found on jack planes). 5)Handle bolt replaced with stiffer 1/4 inch rod-goodbye loose handle. 6)Cap iron correctly fitting with blade- tight at front. 7)Back lash minimised-one musn't destroy all the inherent character of these things. 8)Almost full length Record blade-one is lucky to even see a blade of any sort (with reference to "murky pictures") 9)Nice paint job,not too chic but functional.Lever cap burnished up. 10)Other features too numerous to mention now, but as usual the plane is ready to work immediately-you just wipe off the oil and adjust for cut.