Jason-

The plane looks unusual because it's not a Stanley. It was made by the
Bailey Tool Co. of Woonsocket, RI. This was Selden, not Leonard Bailey.
The earliest Bailey Tool Co. planes used this cam lock cap according to
PTAMPIA. The blade should have the distinct battelaxe logo that Bailey
Tool Co. used. I don't know if the cap iron is original with Leonard's
patent date on it.. I don't know that much about these planes...

Hope this helps,

Josh

On Jan 27, 2012, at 10:09 PM, Jason Knight wrote:

> Hello everyone, I've been silent here for a while, but just came
> across an unusual smooth plane. Or, unusual to me, at least. The only
> markings I find on it are on the adjustment knob (Patented Aug 3d
> 1875) and on the blade (L Bailey's Patent Dec 24, 1867). The unusual
> part is the that the lever cap has no spring mechanism to lock the
> blade in. Instead, the whole assembly fits under a rotating cam arm
> to hold the blade in. I tried using the google as best I could, but
> I'm not coming up with anything like this. I've put a few pictures at
> https://plus.google.com/photos/114067123585916531699/albums/57025117-
> 80153748865
>> Thanks Jason
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