Mohawk? Shelburne? USA?

Re: Mohawk? Shelburne? USA?

William Duffield on the Cohansey

>have you been here?

http://www.public.coe.edu/~rroeder/main/bench/economyplanes.htm

Re: Mohawk? Shelburne? USA?

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Probably in Massachusetts, think it may be Shelburne Falls, beautiful little town, great rocks/boulders in the river, lots of blow holes.

Pam

Re: Mohawk? Shelburne? USA?

Peter Ulmanis

>There is also a Shelburne in Vermont, near Lake Champlain. Main attraction is a museum which features a tour boat. Been there, very interesting. http://www.shelburnemuseum.org/

But I think Sir William nailed it, as usual

Peter

Re: Mohawk? Shelburne? USA?

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Hadn't been to that site, but had been to this one: www.public.coe.edu/~rroeder/mf.htm Lots of info and links. Thanks for the link Sir William.

Pam and Peter, thanks for the leads of the different Shelburnes. I must admit when I saw Shelburne on the blade I immediately thought of Oz. I also thought that perhaps the capital U in the circle might of indicated that it was made for export to the UK.

Todd O.

Re: Mohawk? Shelburne? USA?

George Short

>Info below is from Millers Falls tool site.

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About 1935, Millers Falls introduced a line of low priced, economy grade tools under the Mohawk-Shelburne brand name. Geared to the occasional user, costs were minimized through the use of less expensive materials and production methods. The bench planes in the line consisted of a smoothing and a jack plane--model numbers 900 and 814 respectively. Both planes were designed with black-painted hardwood handles and one-piece lever caps. The clamping levers on the caps were painted red. The cutters used in these planes were described as being of 'good quality' rather than 'tool' steel (the term used to describe the cutters of the top of the line planes).

Mohawk-Shelburne planes first appeared in the 1935 catalog. By the time the October 1949 catalog was published, the Mohawk-Shelburne line of economy tools was no longer being offered. The No. 900 and the No. 814 continued to be sold, however, under the Millers Falls trade name.

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Hope this helps.