Thomas R. Bruce wrote:

> 'tweren't just an excess of bratwurst before bedtime which caused me to
> identify the tool as 'German', it was the fact that it and others with it
> said 'Germany' on them, and were marked with metric sizes.
> 
> Not what you would call _deep_ research, but fairly definitive (grin).

A number of years ago, my "master"/mentor/friend at the Ohio Village
bought one of these new at a woodworking show because it was a size he
wanted/needed. 

He owned a couple of others which were OK, but this one turned out to be
a dud. I remember it because he rather pointedly remarked that he now
"understood" why it was marked with a screw! ;-)

Even at the time he seemed a little vague about the maker, but thought
it might be a Mifer? Definitely German, though.

Don McConnell
Knox County, Ohio