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Cintride (of Bakewell, Derbs) made tungsten carbide grit 'blades' of 3 grades to fit the Surform (UK invention, company later taken over by Stanley, who then dropped their similar Stanley-Shaper line). Useful kit.

does the fixed length match that of a violin?

When I was working in eng - remember visiting a brass/bronze foundry in Huddersfield/Halifax area which also had a (steel) chain-making division - wonderful to watch the hand hammer welding of the links

Are they still in Dereham, Norfolk? also was a German co w almost same name

will do if nec but a v straightforward 26in hand saw, trad horned handle w 3 flat-top brass screws, no medallion, no etching

I have a vintage hand saw marked 'Pioneer, Sheffield' (stamped on the blade) - anyone know if which maker used this, or is it the name-mark of a maker? - name is stamped, not etched, on blade - don't see it at first look through S Barley's reference book.

so the next q is --- what could you repurpose it as??

My great great gfather was coxswain on the N Deal lifeboat about that time and a bit before - there's an old book about the crews -"Heroes of the Goodwin Sands" ps this should actually be reply to Phil

see you're in bradford - I call that town the birthplace of British cast iron vice-making - Parkinson and earlier - if you have too many - is there a Bradford industrial museum that highlights this and could do with examples I might have one or two to give)

and didn't some of the Spanish armada get wrecked on the way round, escaping from Drake??

interesting

anyone else use these as handy and v cheap dowels, plugs & hole fillers knowledge about woods (eg bamboo, whitewood) to share? I always keep a range of these for odd jobs (eg just filled a couple of ancient wormholes w superglued toothpicks - hammer in, pare off)

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Had another look -- it seems to say Parkinson's Perfect Vise, but I see no quick release - -?

Brill - stands are much rarer than vices -- I see a good Parky on the Woden stand Unusual colour, but I quite like it - might try that on my next vice.

very fine - another vice rescued ---- xlnt++

I used to go to Sweden to meet work colleagues. Never heard of 'death cleaning' there (although aware it's a big topic here) - but I do know many Swedish families have a big 'cottage' in the wilds, often with associated garages etc, all full of generations of 'stuff'. ps one of my solutions is...

Yes - pewter - low melting point, thus poss to cast into a groove and hole in chisel - as a chisel maniac, I've had a couple of these - both with box-wood handles (handles split, despite wilfin) ---- hardly seems worth the effort to make holes and groove then pour metal (presumably using some...

the one I had was just 'straight across' - ie no burr they'd all have to be at an angle for a burr to work quite thin steel - I did no sharpening, which would be a real pain

something v similar was used by French stonemasons - obv bigger and more robust - some include teeth, some just a flat scraper blade ---- 'chemin de fer' or similar - used by masons to give a final smoothing to limestone blocks etc as well plaster as descr above - common tool once I tried one...