Good job restoring your plane, Stanley didn't start making planes in the UK until 1937.  That particular example would be a type 3 made between 1945-1972.  Time Tested Tools has a small type study on the Engish made planes.  All Stanley Bailey pattern planes made before WW2 would have rosewood knobs.

My father passed away 8 months ago. He was an amazing goldsmith but loved woodworking as well. He collected a handful of old planes along the way. I'm going to restore one every year om his birthday. This was a very beautiful and moving video to me. Thanks for sharing it

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Next time make sure your plane is assembled when you lap then sole. When you put  the fog on and tighten everything down it changes the sole.

The "frog" got its name from its resemblance to the "frog" of a horse's foot...

I have restored many many #4 planes. The way I see it is “It’s your Plane!”  But there were a few things that you may have slightly missed steps on. One is that is not English oak it’s beech handles.  A lot of wooden planes and saw handles were also made from beech as it is a very stable and solid wood. Also very desirable. Most of the handles that are sought after are Rosewood which is hard to come by and is usually a foreign imposter nowadays! :). I do love that you lapped the sole and the sides. I hope you checked to make sure the sides were square to the sole???  This would enable you to shoot with the plane on a small shooting board and not have to adjust the lateral out of square.  I would say the biggest thing I would normally have done is to lap the sole with the plane assembled because then it would be in tension which could alter the casting just slightly. After all the work you out into it I am sure you don’t want to take it back to a stone and see that it may not be flat when you are actually using it.  I didn’t catch if you addressed the chip breaker mating with the blade?  During the sharpening process did you feather your corners?  So one of my personal pet peeves are when a person finishes a plane and then shows it taking shavings off the edge of a board.  A number four can be used for that a la Paul Sellers, but it is intended for smoothing. You took the time to put that polish on the blade but I bet after you had it set up you wondered why it may have left ridges in the finish when you tried to smooth with it. That would be from not feathering the corners ever so slightly. Do that and your plane tracks will go away and you will fall in love with the beast all over again. You are the first person whom I have ever seen “dome” the brass nut for the front knob.  A little stain and shellac would have made the handles a little more true to the restoration but I do not see that as a miss because it is your style and what ever floats the boat you own then have at it. The tote having the nut sticking out is a tell tale sign that either the handle has shrunk or it’s been altered. I’d also put a little 3 in 1 oil or grease in all the screw connections. I like the lever cap paint and think you nailed that color. The gold touch on the letters isn’t original but does give it a classic look and is nice as well. Keep it up and good job!

Thanks so much for sharing your excellent process, impressive!!

The very old Stanley/Bailey planes from around the turn of the century, at least here in North America, came with Brazilian Rosewood handles. I own a #4 and #5 Bailey from around 1910-1915

OOOW . now then sir. shellac would look and give it a real nice look. What a lovely looking number 4. the amount of work you have put in is definitely better than the day it left the works. Well done. thanks for sharing.

Nicely done.   I wish i would have seen this video just a few days ago before I restored a Sedgley N⁰4 that my buddy from England sent me.   The use of the depth adjustment knob to tighten the wooden knob down for sanding would have saved me a trip to the hardware store.   Great video,  new Subscriber.

Wow. I discovered this channel early.

Great tip for sanding the knob!

This was a very satisfying watch. My favourite part was the stone sanding, seeing the changes from 400grit going on to the 1k then the 16k . The finish was absolutely sublime 👏  great restoration, 91 years old, I can argue it's better now than the day it left the factory.

Great video,really enjoyed it, great choice of background music.

Great work. You’ve got a really nice user there. Many of the comments were rude and you have taken them in stride. One commenter referred to the plane as “junk”. I beg to differ. Thanks for the pleasing video 🍻

You should have the blade, chip breaker and frog installed to lap the sole due to the stresses of the metal when everything is together in use. I don’t want to be the guy with all bad news but you’re pressing too hard when you strop the blade. The leather has give and folds back on a micro scale causing the edge of blades to round over. It only requires a med/light pressure to achieve good results. You may be getting pretty good shavings (they look to be between 3-4 thousands) but it can still be improved upon especially with the Shapton 16,000 stone. I can hear that it could be better. Lastly I don’t think it’s 90 years old. More like 55 years old but all in all it’s a fine plane and you’ve done a nice job of bringing it back from the brink.

Very  instructional video. Thank you!

Thanks, great walk through for restoration of a plane.
I'll be restoring a Stanley No 5 very soon so your video will be invaluable for that little project, you've more than earned a subscribe.

Great job buddy 👍

Awestruck... amazing beauty!