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Regarding the claims of a “stolen” election that presumably triggered the protest (“riot”) at the US Capitol; Its not the individual “fake” votes that worry me, as I figure the “dead people votes” and “double voting votes” for each side probably mostly cancel each other out. What does make me...

I'm looking at the US events from afar, as a foreigner, but it seems to me that there will be continued protests and escalating trouble unless there is a detailed and transparent investigation of the claims of election fraud, especially regarding possible electronic vote switching in the swing...

Yes. That's the one, p113

Looks like this saw from the 1915 catalogue. Note that the catalogue states that this No.173 "Double Mermaid" "is a much improved edition of our original No.23", so your No.23 dates before 1915. I have a note that the "Mermaid" brand was introduced in 1910 (but don't have a hard reference for...

Lee Valley sells this one https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/ki ... and-pestle

Half of a mortar & pestle ?

would make a strong tent peg

Cornersruns, Andy seems to be implying that instead of holly or thorn, you could use foam rope or a feather duster ? :D

Fish Scaler it is. Thanks for the help. Google shows me several different variations available with the same square knobs, mostly in cast aluminium, maybe this is the start of another collection :o

This cast iron piece is 23cm (9") long overall, and the curved working face has square stubs which once had flat tops, but many edges have been worn rounded. Looks like it would be used as a comb or rasp

If you can't readily get a replacement, why don't you just weld the broken screw back together ? (or weld an extension onto the existing threaded piece to make a new screw)

You can download Simon's updates/corrections from Backsaw.net where he shows a backsaw made by Groves & Sons for Frederick Shaw of Leeds that also has "SIRDAR" stamped on it, but notes that the significance of "Sirdar" is unknown. Perhaps Groves used "Sirdar" as one of their Tradenames

Perhaps the "depth stop" is a flange made to run in a track on a shooting board, and the "grotesque block of oak" was an angled toat to suit ?

Found a different design of a Brookes Brothers plane iron today (note to BB, this logo is already taken :) )

Hmmm... I sense some close family relationships if nephew Robert was the son of his eldest child (= grandchild)

Also seems quite possible that the chisels were made expressly for C Hill, by the trademark owning company (whichever that was). Many Merchants liked to have a full range of tools to sell and quite often sold tools under their name that had been made by others

I think I.D.FY translates to "I Defy" and may be a spoof on the trademark used by Abram Brooksbank, and by George Wilkin, who used the exact same cannon logo with "Defiance" written below. (see "Trademarks on Base-Metal Tableware") ["Trademarks.." shows Charles Hill's trademark with a different...

You'll never get it back to clear metal shine, but you can improve the looks by using sandpaper (only sand along the length of the blade or you'll get an ugly scratch pattern that's difficult to reverse. It will be fiddly around the handle if you leave it on) I use three successively finer...

My old BPM2 has Martin & Shaw operating 1845-54 Barker & Drew cap irons, irons, come up on google, but BPM2 only has Wm Barker & Son 1863-72-, without any Drew (I got nothing on Waster, or W Aster )

Thanks for the replies It does seem to be made to stretch something open (leather, cloth, animal mouth), and/or to hold something in an open position (sprinkler head as Andy suggests) The circumference (around the jaws and the black knob) varies from 105mm to 116mm depending on the position of...