I found a hand plane at the thrift store. I think this is a #4 smoothing plane, which I hope to use for finishing. But before that, it's quite clear that I'm going to have to clean this up a bit by removing the rust and making it look a bit prettier.

Any advice y'all have for how I might start restoring this?

A blue hand plane with significant rust
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[–] 1 point 5 hours ago

Get a bucket of evaporust. Nothing safer or easier best rust removing product I have ever used.

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