GG's,

Last weekend at the antique show I found a good project saw: 
   http://www.geocities.com/jmpalazz/2001_June/Dsc00152.jpg
Nice handle, nib, filed crosscut, four split nuts, medallion from Warren and
Ted's Superior Tool works, a good project saw.  The guy I bought it from
said he found it in Durango, CO, and offered to throw in a "newer" saw for
only a couple of dollars more.  No thanks.  When I subjected it (the saw) to
the old sanding block test I saw this interesting stamp mark:
   http://www.geocities.com/jmpalazz/2001_June/Dsc00157.jpg
As near as I can make out, it says:
     BROWNE (upside down)
WARRANTED No.3 CAST STEEL
I could be wrong about the "CAST" part, because it also looks like "??CT" if
you hold it just right.  Anyway, I thought that it was interesting that the
word BROWNE was upside down.  Any thoughts from the assembled Galooterati on
who this BROWNE guy was, when he was, etc.?  BTW - I don't want to know
value - for those interested it cost me $4.

Joe Palazzolo
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Where the corn is already more than knee high.