The missus is drooling over the mandolin mate...and stainless steel and French! Absolute bargain.
She did note though as said before...that the plasters may come in handy!
I'm intrigued by the infill....did it have a wedge or lever cap. The lever cap alone is worth £20 to £30 and if it had a parallel iron...about £20 for a good one. I have seen smashed...let alone cracked Scottish ones go for £30 for "restoration"...even I might have a go at brazing one of those!
I am also willing to bet that the injectors are going to appear on something important soon!
That's a lovely plane Thomas......
They are normally bashed about quite a bit and I think that the fact that the iron was wedged in the wrong way may have been part of the condition...it can hardly be used much that way. I'd be interested to see how a near pristine one of that quality planes...I bet it's a real user!
Jim