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Do I sense a little bit of irony here? ;-) I did not want to boast about my accomplishment, in case it made that impression. I just wanted to document what I did in the end. Maybe it helps somebody sometime who stumbles over this thread in the future. Thanks for the applause anyway! ;-)

OK, I worked up my courage to file the frog and it came out very good! ;-) First I put some washers under the contact areas of the frog on one side to find out how much the difference is. I installed everything with the washers in place and it worked nicely on the first try. I could leave...

Thank you for this suggestion! I don't know why I did not think of it myself.

Thanks, that makes it more likely that it not just me being to stupid to adjust it correctly. ;-) And yes, even though I can get it to work fine, it is really a thorn in my side - as you said: annoying. I guess I will try to carefully file it.

I loosened the adjuster plate so it did not hinder the adjustment of the frog, but that does not seem to solve the problem. The frog is aligned horizontally to the mouth, but vertically it is skewed.

I tried a different cutting iron / chipbreaker assembly from a No. 5 plane with the same result. But I will double-check when I get home (along with the other suggestions).

Thank you for your kind offer. Indeed, eBay global shipping to Germany usually is about £12 which makes it a bit unattractive for ordering just a spare part. But if I do look for a replacement anyway, I might give it a try to fix it. Although I see the point in the suggestions to leave it like...

Do you think it is possible to fix it (with low tech tools)?

If there is no other way or the danger of making it worse by "fixing" it is great - then I would probably live with it. I just had the expression that these planes are held in high regard so I did not expect such a thing. But thank you for your suggestions anyway!

I tried this and it fixed the problem to some extend, but the cutting iron is not parallel to the throat then. Does that have any negative effect? I read that it should be close to the edge of the throat for bending the shavings.

I recently bought a vintage Stanley Bailey No. 4 (Type 19 I think, I am new these tools) and after lapping sole and frog surface and putting it back together I found that the iron is skewed and I have to put the lateral adjustment lever almost completely to the right to get even shavings...