Hi, I found this plane on a local site, it's for sale at a cost of 30 euros + 9 euros shipping. I read up a little on the No.6 plane on the Blood & Gore site and mostly it seemed to say a No7 is better and this serves little purpose. Still I don't have a No7 either.
There are two holes in the front for some reason, I suspect they don't affect the functioning of the plane and where put there by a previous owner for some reason, perhaps they hanged the plane from hooks? Description says it has a grooved (corrugated?) base too, I got a grooved No3 which is my main hand plane, not sure what to think of bases like that, but they seem to work.
The plane has been up for a while without any bids or offers so I am thinking of making an offer, perhaps 20 euros. Still is it worth it or should I keep on looking for a No.7 instead? If I got this I probably wouldn't get a 7 unless I found a screaming deal.
I got an 8" jointer/planer combo machine so I'm not lacking for planing ability. But I like to use hand planes from time to time and they can get to places where you can't go with a machine. So I am looking to build a collection of the most useful sizes and types, i.e. planes for being used not for collecting.