Blimey, where do I start!
Many thanks to everyone for the welcome, very glad I found this site. I think I may have been a cabinet maker in a previous life, wood and old tools stirs something within my grey matter, it's a pity that I don't remember how to use them :lol:
Thanks also to the 'locals', and I thought I was the only one. Cowbridge is our postal address though in reality we are situated in the wilderness between Cowbridge and Bridgend.
Cheers Cheshirechappie (try saying that when you've had a few) for the info on the maker. It wasn't a name I was familiar with and I hadn't found much on the net. The blade bears an impressed mark, I've only looked close enough to gain the basic information, I'll have a look again to see what it says exactly.
So it's old then, but it must have led a very sheltered life. It was the condition which drew me to it, the inline slots on the nuts reminiscent of the cabinet maker's habit of lining up screw slots, also the blade condition. I wonder if it has ever been sharpened, all the teeth are perfect shape. The handle is secure so I'm not going to be the first to meddle with it!
To change the subject . . . . the 'clamp' is a vice? Could anyone describe how or where it would have been secured or was it a mobile model. The two larger holes (below the handle in pic) are through holes and bear the marks of washers so it could have been mounted through those?I think I've worked out how it works with the addition of a pin in one of the holes in the flat bar. The other side of the screw is the business end as the jaws are lined with metal which is just visible in the picture.
Once again, many thanks to all.
