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Trying to date this Union Manufacturing 115 Spokeshave - Tools and Hardwarein Tools and Hardware
Date this Perfect Handle screwdriver - Tools and Hardwarein Tools and Hardware

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  1. Still don't know what company manufactured this perfect handle screwdriver but the spokeshave that I found with it dates to the early 1900s.
  2. My blade has no mark but was likely replaced. I believe this is an early version. I know that my great uncle Harry Keefer gave his tools to my grandfather (b. 1905). There were lots of wood working...
  3. keramikos, you have found a lot of the links that I found to identify my spokeshave. It really took a while to find it. Knowing that Union didn't purchase Derby until 1900 will help me determine who...
  4. Keramikos, the suggestions in this thread enabled me to start viable image searches using the correct name of the tool, possible manufacturers, etc. I spent hours going back and forth between the thr...
  5. It looks exactly like the 115!
  6. Brillant, keramikos! That's the Union !o 115 in a 1905 catalog. I hadn't thought of the Internet Archives to look for it. I will search for more catalogs to see when they started manufacturing.
  7. Fhrjr2, the first comments corrected my error which helped my identify what the tool really was. Maybe I can edit the title.
  8. It is a Union Manufacturing Company Spokeshave 115! Now, can anyone get a date on when these were manufactured? Can't narrow that one down yet.
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