Reply To: Damaged frog
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@jcovais – I agree with Aaron. If the frog seats well on the plane body, then it is fine. There is no requirement that the front of the frog “foot” be square or non-chipped. If you think about it, when the iron is installed with bevel down (as it should be), then the iron does not touch the frog at your chipped ends. The flat surface of the beveled side of the iron is about 5 mm further back from the cutting edge.
What I didn’t see in your picture is the underside of the frog, showing the feet and the other area where the frog sits on the body. Even with the non-square area at the right front of your frog, the underside should still have a good flat to mate with the body.