At some point, PWW needs to have a thorough examination of the bailey plane design (as well as that of older double iron woodies) and describe to amateurs how to use the plane properly. The reputation that it has as a cheap plane that is out of the water in figured and difficult woods is inaccurate, it can plane anything (even with its thin iron) that we’ll use in the US or europe, and leave a brighter surface than a high angle plane.

The kato and kawai study that came after this (and that had an industry focus on creating a machine that would use a double iron) is an improvement on what’s written above.