No, my wedged plow.... Just looking at colors, the fence matches the body
closer.  Sorry, wasn't clear
Kirk in HMB

On Tuesday, August 21, 2012, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:

>
> On Aug 21, 2012, at 12:32 , Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Adam R. Maxwell
<amaxwell@m...<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >
> >> It's a J. Creagh plough, which I think dates it to 1839-1840.
> >>
> >
> > DAT says 1834 - 1840.  Though Creagh was in business with others from
> 1829,
> > the J. Creagh was the 1834 - 40 time frame.  He ran a hardware store from
> > 1839 to 1840.
>
> Interesting.  AWP IV says he made planes under his own imprint of
> J. Creagh during 1839-1840, and was either partnered with others
> (1829-183x) or selling off old stock with additional names added
> (1840-1842) during the remainder of his time.  FWIW, mine has his
> C2 mark, and all solo marks have two stars.
>
> > I wouldn't over think that fence thing too much.  Use it if you can.  The
> > colorations make me agree that its not original.The wood body and fence
> on
> > mine match closer, but I don't know how well it all works yet.
>
> Yeah, the color was a lot more obvious when I looked at the photo,
> though a light cleaning accentuated that a bit too.  You have a
> Creagh also?
>
> thanks,
> Adam
>
>
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