Charlie: It is likely Brown & Flather, Solly Works. It was a Joiner Tool
Maker operating
-1837-1849- (per Ken Roberts "Some 19th C English Woodworking Tools" p.
238).
--ErvSaws
On Tue, 29 Jul 97 14:38:38 -0400 cnewbold@m... (C Newbold)
writes:
>A while back, Brent Beach asked for help identifying a spokeshave ---
>.....
>
>The shave that I cannot identify has mark
>
> ?ELA??EH & SONS
> SOL?V WORKS
> SHEFFIELD
>
>where most of the letters in the company name and works name
>are just guesses.
>
>Brent,
>
>I have a spokeshave made by D. Flather and Sons of Solly Works,
>Sheffield,
>England. I suspect that is what you have also. Check the marks again
>to see
>if they agree. If so, you've got some good 19th C Sheffield steel
>there.
>:-)
>
>There is more data on Flather in Roberts book "Some 19th Century
>English
>Woodworking Tools". Unfortunately, my copy is at home and today I am
>suffering from CRS (Can't Remember Sh*t).
>
>Charlie
>
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