I'm looking for a 4 1/2 smoother plane. When compared to say a bailey 4 1/2 or a bedrock 604 1/2, i understand that i BU plane with a high angle, say 50 deg. is good on difficult wood. Is the converse true? Could I use a BU plane as a regular smoother for non-difficult wood? This assumes i use the bevel angle as on the bailey but fitted to a BU plane. (not sure what the angle is off hand).
Anyhow, to get to the question... is there and advantage that the bailey or bedrock would have with it's standard angle over the BU plane for general smoothing in non-difficult wood?
Thanks.
Ken