On Wed, 30 Jul 97 10:04:24 -0400 cnewbold@m... (C Newbold)
writes:
>In the continuing saga of the shave imprint identification, 
>
>>ErvSaws said:
>
>>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 --- 
>>.....
Charlie:F.  Walter & Co was a "mark" of Flather & Sons.   p.434 of
Roberts.
--Erv
>>
>>The shave that I cannot identify has mark
>>

>>   ?ELA??EH & SONS
>>     SOL?V WORKS
>>     SHEFFIELD
>>
>
>>I should have checked further--should be Flather and 
>Sons---1857-1859- at 
>>same location.  Changed their name by this time.--Erv
>
>Thanks Erv, I was partially right. But CRS wins again.  
>
>To further muddy the waters. The actual shave that I have says F. 
>Walter and 
>Sons, Solly Works, Sheffield, England.  So, there's another choice.  
>And I 
>still forgot to check the Roberts write up.  :-(  Yuck, shoe polish 
>has a 
>strange flavor.  I'd better stick to optical inputs, and skip the 
>synaptic 
>recall paths.
> 
>Charlie
>
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