Originally Posted by
Pete Taran
Kyle,
That plane is made to put a tongue on a thick piece of lumber used for flooring. Since they got heavy use, and the lumber not all the time was planed, it was plated as you can see in the picture. If you made a blade, it would work great for it's intended purpose, if you had a need to put a tongue on a piece of 6/4 lumber. The groove could be easily plowed with another plane. I agree, looks like the threads that were missing got busted up from not being protected inside the plane body and likely would not impair the use of the plane.
These types of planes are not rare, and frankly, that one is in better condition than most. Used to live up your way north of Watertown. That can be a tough area to look for old tools.
Pete