The small plane is a Bailey Defiance No. 4 built between 1878 and 1884.
The large plane is a Stanley Bailey No. 5 Type 14 made between 1929 and 1930.
I honed both irons using the Scary Sharp Method of Sharping all the way to 2000 grit paper. I also lapped the sole
and sides to 600 grit Silicon Carbide paper. I lapped the sides so they would be true and square if I want to use
shooting boards.
The pictures on the far right are the "after" pictures.
The NO. 4 "before" photos.
The NO. 4 "after" photos.
The NO. 5 "before" photos.
The NO. 5 "after"
photos.
Here's a few other Scary Sharp pictures
Here's a new chisel with factory grind on back.
Here's another picture of the back after lapping.
Here's a picture of the bezel.
Here's the back of the chisel after lapping.
Here's a few pictures of my planes in action
This is a German egg-beater style hand drill
from the early 1970's that I got as a child
growing up in Germany.
Here's a small un-named finger plane.
Here's a mid 1950's Craftsman Block Plane
Here's my set of over 80 Buck Brother's Chisels
right after I brought them home. They have since all
gone through electrolysis rust removal and are now
undergoing sharpening.
Here are pictures of all my planes and a few other hand
tools in various states of cleaning. With the exception
of the marking gauges, everything in this picture is at
least 50 years old and some over 100.
This is a box I built to transport my
handtools whenever I move.
