I ran across a couple of chisels in a box lot at an estate auction and am
having trouble identifying them. I have pictures which I'm going to post
to the picture group but am not sure if pictures are frowned upon in this
group so I'll stick to a description only here.
#1 - Tanged firmer chisel. The logo is stamped deep enough to muddle the
letters so I can't make it all out. I'm 99% sure it says "Charles
*******" on the first line, a screw logo in the middle and "Sheffield
Tools" across the bottom. I've seen the screw logo before but can't for
the life of me remember whose mark that is.
#2 - Also tanged firmer. The mark has been scuffed on half making it
unreadable. On the top is a logo inside a scroll-like banner. Inside it
reads "Thomas ?????" "Sheffield" (actually She????, but I'm assuming...).
Onthe back is the same scroll banner. Inside is "Electro ???ACC" and
"ST???"
Any help is greatly appreciated. The curiosity is killing me.
Eric
Eric Armstrong asks:
>
>I ran across a couple of chisels in a box lot at an estate auction and am
>having trouble identifying them. I have pictures which I'm going to post
>to the picture group but am not sure if pictures are frowned upon in this
>group so I'll stick to a description only here.
>
>#1 - Tanged firmer chisel. The logo is stamped deep enough to muddle the
>letters so I can't make it all out. I'm 99% sure it says "Charles
>*******" on the first line,
I'm no expert but might it be "Charles Buck"?
>
>#2 - Also tanged firmer. The mark has been scuffed on half making it
>unreadable. On the top is a logo inside a scroll-like banner. Inside it
>reads "Thomas ?????" "Sheffield"
T.H. Witherby? I seem to recall at some point the logo was Thomas Witherby,
but I might be mistaken. Try the galoot mailing list over at Cornell.edu.
Eric,
You are right. This is a text only newsgroup. We post our pics to
alt.binaries.pictures.furniture and/or alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking.
Then we post here to let others know where to look.
Sorry, can't help on the ID.
Preston
"Eric Armstrong" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I ran across a couple of chisels in a box lot at an estate auction and am
> having trouble identifying them. I have pictures which I'm going to post
> to the picture group but am not sure if pictures are frowned upon in this
> group so I'll stick to a description only here.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated. The curiosity is killing me.
> Eric