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68030 Dave Weisbord <davewe@w...> 1999‑09‑13 Re: I'd like a date
Dave Weisbord wrote:

> Dan Indrigo wrote:
>
> > for the Norton combination stone I picked up in the supposedly rust free
> > zone called california. The cardboard box has a silvery gray and black
> > background pattern made up of triangles with every other triangle
> > containing an N. The label is two tone green and says
> >
> > "              NORTON ABRASIVES
> >                COMBINATION HONE
> >   REG U.S. PAT. OFF.      MADE IN U.S.A.
> > BEHR-MANNING, TROY, N.Y.,U.S.A (DIVISION OF NORTON COMPANY)"
> >
> > The stone itself has an logo impressed in it but it's a pike logo. It's
> > a recessed square with the word "PIKE" in the middle. The I in pike
> > actually is part of a much larger P that has a pike swimming through the
> > P. I don't know for a fact if norton bought pike but this stone fits
> > this box perfectly so I assume that is the case. So what can you tell me
> > about this stone.
>
> Here's what I know regarding Norton.
>
> First, the box. Behr-Manning has been a Division of Norton since the 30's.
> I have a '35 Norton Abrasives catalog which already has the Behr-Manning
> name. The triangle patterns on the box was used in the '30s and '40s. Don't
> know the exact year it ended, but I have a Norton catalog from '47 which
> still shows that pattern on the boxes.
>
> As to the stone - here's the best news. I don't believe its a combination
> stone. As far a I know Norton only used the Pike logo on its Arkansas and
> Washita stones after it purchased Pike. I do not believe it used the Pike
> logo on its India or Chrystolon stones. Therefore this stone is most likely
> an Arkansas stone - either a genuine Pike or a Norton after they took over
> Pike. Can you describe the label on the stone in more detail. If its a
> Norton and matches the box it should have Norton Abrasives and Behr-Manning
> on it, as well as the Pike logo. Typically, when the stone and box don't
> match, its the stone that' been replaced. In your case, the stone may be
> older than the box.
>
> So, in all likelihood the stone is not original to the box, but is
> potentially better.
>
> Dave



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