I went to an auction today and bought a small box of stuff labeled "primitive tools" for $15. The plane is what I was most interested in from the box, it is: (Stanley) Bailey, 9", seems to be in pretty good shape and on the body it is stamped:
PAT-D MAR-25-02 AUG-19 -02
It's my first "old plane" so I'm sorted of excited about it. The front knob has a crack in it. But, other than that, the plane doesn't show much wear. I thought it would be fun to clean it up. I am curious whether the markings indicate whether this plane in anyway special (or older). Do they tell if the plane is 100 years old?
If I can figure out how to use my wife's camera and get a picture up, I will try to post a picture of some of the interesting artifacts that were in the box.
Regards, Bill (the same Bill from the recent workbench thread, just newby'ing along...)