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More about old Stanley planes here: http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan1.htm
Beautiful too. One woodworker I know has a 'slick', a 4" wide so clean you can use it as a stand-in mirror and so sharp that if you're not careful handling it you'll hurt yourself and not even realize it until you see a lot of claret on the shop floor.
He helped me with the windmill blades and trimmed down the back edges with that thing until you could read the newspaper through them (later reinforced with fiber so the wood really served just to determine the outline and any thickness would increase both noise and decrease efficiency).
Amazing tool (and amazing guy).
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In a similar vein, no rasp or file will outlast its user just by its nature; nevertheless, Auriou rasps are some of the finest tools I've had the pleasure of owning and run circles around mass-manufactured ones.