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Andy, I appreciate the quick response and the good info. I'm going to e-mail Marples to see if they can shed any more light. If you can think of any other threads I can follow up on please let me know. I've attached a close-up of the little hand auger that was with the set. Don't know if it...

Cheshirechappie, My thanks to you and the others who have responded to my inquiry. You have all made me very content with my purchase. I had thought I was looking at something very special that I would never see again and your comments only reinforce that belief. I will continue to try to...

Close up of the label on the box.

Thanks. These were purchased somewhere in UK many years ago by a man named Patterson and brought them back to the US. He recently passed away here in Florida and I was lucky enough to buy them at his estate sale. I'm trying to find out any info that I can as to maybe when they were made, were...

Macros, Thank you so very much for the info. I have, I hope, attached the four pictures of the carving set to this post. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I did it right and you can see them. Thanks again, MP

Hi TT, I took some photos of the carving set and e-mailed them to myself so I am ready to upload to this forum. What I don't see anywhere is a method of getting them posted here. I don't see any icon at the top of this page that allows photos to be attached. I'm looking for some direction and...

Thanks for the info TT. I will post pictures of the set as soon as i can figure out how to do it. I do not want to sell the set as I plan to put it to good use while preserving them for future owners (after I am expired). Thanks again, MP TT, I can't figure out how to add photos to a post...

I just purchased a set of 24 carving chisels in an oak box made by the Thos Ibbotson Co. Can anyone direct me to where I can get information on this company and the carving chisel sets they produced? It appears to be all complete and original. It was purchased in Europe many years ago and I...