On 11/9/2011 2:31 PM, Fredrik Viklund wrote:
> I'm taking the first few steps on compiling information on Erik Anton
> Berg tools. In the process I found some old posts from 1998-2000 by
> Tom Johnson on this list. But he has obviously changed email address
> since then and I can't find him.
>
> Please send me a note:
> * if you are Tom "bergmadman" Johnson, or know where to find him
> * if you have a special interest in EA Berg tools or any other
> (woodworking) tool manufacturer from Eskilstuna, Sweden.
>
> Thanks,
>
> /Fredrik
I know next to nothing about these tools but, I recently bought some of
those chisels (off a notorious auction site), & I would like to know
more, because I like them.
My only other old Swedish tool, apart from relatively modern Sandvik
scrapers, is an 8 point skewback crosscut saw, marked Trollhattan No.
100, made by A-B STRIDSBERG & BIORK, Trollhattan, Sweden (now
better-known for Saab and Volvo Aero).
The etching depicts waterfalls or a spillway with a powerline running
across. As best I can make out, it reads as follows:
" This saw is the latest product from the
best and largest saw factory in Sweden.
Guaranteed against all defects in material
and in workmanship. Made from highest
quality Swedish alloy charcoal steel."
Below that is a graphic circle showing a galootish fellow with framesaw
working at a sawbuck.
And below that, the ubiquitous "Reg. Trademark"
The heel of the sawplate is marked "U 7T 8P"
I would really like to know more about it, as it currently has no
handle, having none when I found it, whenever that may have been. I'd
like to replace it with something near to the original, so if you happen
upon one with handle, I'd appreciate a photo. I've never seen another.
Hope you are successful in tracking down information and people in the know.
Don
--
I hear, and I imagine; I see, and I understand; I do, and I remember forever. fr
om R.A. Salaman, Dictionary of Woodworking Tools
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