On 12/11/2018 9:10 AM, Brian Welch wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 4:43 PM Bill Ghio wrote:
>
>> Was there a period when Buck Bros. made chisels in England?
>>
> There are enough examples out there to show that they definitely did have
> some of their chisels made in England.
For what it's worth, most of what I have seen of Buck Bros chisels that
were made in England look to be late 1950's to 1960's as to vintage.
That's based on the styles and finish of the blades and the handles as
well. I've had carving tools, a couple of smaller bench chisels, and
just put a patternmaker's chisel into play, all of English vintage. My
guess would be is that there came a time when it was better financially
for the company to import chisels from there rather than to keep
producing them here.
Tony (where we are looking at a full weekend of rain but this time of
year it's better to be wet than to be white..)
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