Recent content by NimbleSquirrel

Thanks for all the replies, every avenue seems to be a dead end on a definitive answere. Figured something along these lines would be easy to figure out, guess tool history isn’t a 100% documented and a lot of it is just pieces together information and some speculations. I’ve seen plenty other...

Thanks for the great read!!! I’m just lost in the patent dates cause according to what I’m seeing it was patented in Canada prior to the states? So does that blog post hold true that the made in Canada patent is the original :/

So I’m new here, thanks for any future help, I collect(I’d use that term loosely) old/vintage tools. I mostly restore and use them. I’m a mechanic by trade and carpenter/cabinet maker by passion. Love old mechanic tools and wood working tools. I’ve recently acquired quite a bit of old machining...