On Wed, 25 Aug, Bob Rackers wrote:
>I have a coffin smoother of the type with the metal plate on
>the front end of the sole which allows adjusting the mouth
>opening.
>
>It is marked, as best as I can make out as follows.
>
>      BUCK
>26? Edgeware Road
>     London
>
>      NWB

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 20:38:51 -0500
From: Don McConnell <Don.McConnell@a...>
>George Henry Buck. Goodman says of this firm: "Continuation of the
business
>of Richard Nelson [London]." The listing then shows him in operation at
122
>Edgware Road from 1852 to 1867. The next location listing is for 261
Edgware
>Road from 1869 to 1909. Unfortunately, a stamp from the 122 Edgware
address
>isn't shown, though one is for the 261 Edgware address:
>
>    BUCK
>261 EDGWARE ROAD
>    LONDON

>The blade is marked IO Sorby (the O is underlined and in
>superscript), and below that it looks like a court jester
>facing to the left. (Kind of cute, actually.)

>From other postings on the list, in 1800 they often wrote I when
they meant J, so Io is short for John.

Date: Thu Nov  6 05:15:19 1997
From: Don.McConnell@a... (Don McConnell)
>According to a chart of Sheffield edge tool firms in Ken
>Roberts' _Some 19th Century English Woodworking Tools_, the
>John Sorby firm became John Sorby & Son in 1814, with the mark
>of I. & H. Sorby. Located in the Spital Hill section of
>Sheffield.

That McConnell chap does good work.

Brent

Brent Beach, Victoria, BC, CA