Well, I think so anyway. :-).
We went garage sale-ing this morning. At one stop I spied a plastic bucket with some plane ends sticking out of it. I went and looked. There were two old jointer planes, but the quality was such that if I said Monkey Ward made them I'd be exaggerating their quality.
But buried under them was an old Stanley #4. A little light rust, but no pitting. I don't have a #4. I nonchalantly picked it up and asked what they wanted for it. It's very difficult to keep a straight face when the answer comes back "fifty cents?". I didn't have the heart to try to beat them down to .25 :-).
So I get it home and start checking it out. It's a type 9 manufactured around 1902-1907. Has two patent dates on the frame casting, no frog adjustment, etc..
But here it gets strange. The lever cap says "Stanley R & L Bedrock" on three lines, which indicates an early Bedrock. Now the frog obviously isn't a Bedrock. But somehow I don't think anyone was trying to make me think it was more valuable by swapping lever caps :-). And the bedrocks did come out in 1910 or thereabouts. So my best guess is that someone way back needed a new lever cap and put one from a Bedrock on this plane.
BTW, the blade says "Pat Apr 19, 92" on it. I'd guess it to be the original blade.
So while the collectors would sneer at it, I've got a hundred year old #4 in good condition for 50 cents.
I'm happy :-).