On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 5:09 AM, Jim Crammond  wrote:

>
> This is from memory because I'm not near any references, so the details
> may not be 100% correct.  A.C. Bartlett was a president or partner of the
> hardware distributor, Hibbard, Bartlett and Spencer of Chicago.  Their in
> house brand of planes (think Keen Kutter and E. C. Simmons) was A. C.
> Bartlett's Ohio Planes and were made for them by Sandusky.  The examples
> I've seen usually have a Sandusky blade and are quality planes with
> excellent fit and finish.  I think they were from 1880 to 1900.
>
>
> Jim (from memory, impressive) pretty much covered what the DAT knows,  A
little refinement (not from memory): 1882 - 1917 are the working dates, and
Bartlett started as a salesman, becoming president in 1904 - 1917.  Was an
unnamed partner from 1872, added to company name in 1882   The names were
Hibbard, Spencer and Bartlett , and the A stood for Adolphus.

Kirk in HMB, trying to get motivated to face the day
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