I decided to restore my first hand plane. The angle of the abutments was high and the wedge was insta locking. It worked good but it was hard to adjust the blade somethimes.
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What i did i cut the mortise only and i was left with the front and back part. I planed them to the width of a 6 cm blade and glued 2 pieces on both sides just like you mke a Krenov style plane. For the wedge and abutments or wedge holder part I came to an idea to glue the abutments. But first i made a wedge with eyeballing angle maby about 10 or 12 degrees. Then i positioned the blade and wedge in the plane bed, and glued 2 pieces (abutments) that were laying on the wedge. That way i got the perfect fitting angle for the wedge and abutments. So far i didnt encoured with any problems. This way is so much easier then when you make traditional planes, where you carve the mortise, abutment angle and wedge angle. And also making Krenov style planes is so much easier to control the mouth opening, making blade bed straight and other things. But both ways are enjoyable. The sole is from beech, the side pieces and wedge are walnut, and the mid part and handles are oak. I had big problems glueing the plane. In a hurry to get it finished didnt used pegs, and had to reajust 3 times.
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kidding, but i suggest anyone try this and see how easy it is.