Bidspirit auction | An English Cast Iron Stanley

An English Cast Iron Stanley Bailey Jack Plane, No. 5 1/2 - An English jack plane, featuring a wide bed and upright wooden handles. The tool is constructed with a cast iron body including a sole and sides, a steel cutting iron with a chip breaker, and a plated steel lever cap. It is fitted with a rear wooden tote handle and a front wooden knob. The lever cap is decorated with an embossed rectangular emblem containing the text STANLEY, showing remnants of orange paint in the recesses. The toe is embossed BAILEY, and the bed behind the front knob is marked MADE IN ENGLAND. The heel bears the embossed number No. 5 1/2. The cutting iron is stamped with STANLEY, MADE IN ENGLAND, and the instruction 25° BEVEL FOR GRINDING.