At 07:35 PM 4/16/05, Ken Greenberg wrote:

>This one is marked Brades Co Cast Steel. A quick web search turns up a little
>info (19th century) but not much more. So a little help from you chisel
>knowledgeable folks, if you please. Probably English - looks like all my 
>other
>pigstickers in this respect. Do we have dates and working location available?

Only thing I have for a Brades & Co is a listing as a steel warehouse in 
the Wrightsons 1818 directory of Birmingham which is probably what you 
found.  Goodman lists a Brades & Son as a plane iron maker but no working 
dates.

Tony

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