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Last week at a house-cleaning sale a man gave me a Stanley 605. Tote is cracked and brass adjustment knob was crushed from being turned by a channel lock or something similar. Blade needs a lot of work. But overall it's restorable.

I already have a plane in this size class. Is there any functional advantage to using this over using another? As a casual user, I can't see any. Of course there might be if I were a frequent or constant user of my planes. Your thoughts?

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If you ever flatten slabs, it can be nice to have varying levels of camber. It also could stretch out the time between sharpenings if you were in a heavy use project. Otherwise, yes…it might just be redundant. 

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