New tote for an old handplane

My father in law lent me this nice No5 handplane that once belong to my wife's grandfather. It didn't work very well and was covered under quite a bit of grease/dust/sawdust. The handplane guy at Lee Valley pointed me to a PDF with a template to make new Stanley/Record handplane handles. I used a bit of scraps from the loom project. The knob had to be improvised because I don't have a lathe. The results are fine, and now that the plane is clean, sharpened and tuned, it seems to work very well. On a test board, I got some nice and fluffy shavings and what appears to be on its way to a glass-like surface.

Here is a picture of the plane, after restoration:

Mackay heirloom plane with shiny new tote and knob.