A solid user. Very clean. Thick, heavy 2 1/2 inch parallel iron is not the first. The front bun is dark on top and could be a repair to eliminate a strike button. Stewart Spiers (b. 1820-d. 1899) perhaps the finest plane maker that ever existed. His planes were not only the best in quality of construction but also aesthetically pleasing. The Spiers firm operated from 1840-1936