Hi Jack:
  You're forgetting Jay Ward, with the Moose and Squirrel logo, ca.
1955-1970---seriously though, Ward tools (particularly irons) seem to
be very common---they must have been pretty busy for those ten
years...
                best; gAM in Seattle
                 
--- Jack Kamishlian  wrote:
> Hi Gary,
> 
> From Goodman's:
> Thomas Ibbotson (& Co) was at Liverpool
> 122 Whitechapel in Liverpool 1841-1849, 
> 36 (38) Whitechapel 1859-1900
> Edge-tool makers.
> 
> Thomas Ibbotson & Co was at Sheffield
> Charles St. 1823
> 20 Paternoster Row 1825-1909
> Edge-tool maker. 1825. Edge and joiners' tool maker 1828. Then
> added
> dealer in cutlery 1833. In 1905 the firm was taken over by Wm.
> Marples & Sons,
> but Marples continued to advertise tools with the Ibbotson name and
> trademark.
> 
> Ward, James (& Son)
> 27 Old Kent Rd.  London
> Ironmongers  1885-1895  (that's it)
> 
> Cheers,
> Jack in Endwell, NY
> 
> 
> On 5/5/05, Gary Curtis  wrote:
> > Who were Thom. Ibbotson, and someone named Ward, both makers of
> heavy
> > mortising chisels. Probably 1930s vintage? Sheffield, England.
> > 
> > What is their standing in the hierarchy of toolmakers?
> 
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