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Hammers makers mark
- Thread starter Jazz1
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Private Lugnutz
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Jazz,
That's most likely a foundry mark, not the hammer mfgr's mark, imo. Sivyer (in Chicago) used a Diamond-S. Symington (in Rochester, NY) used a circle-S, but the circle and the S were double-lines. I don't know if the National Foundry and Trademarks list was on your search, but no other symbol on that list looks like your circle-S. There were thousands of foundries. Could be a tough one. Good luck.
Starrett used a circle-S on their tools in their primitive era. I don't know if Starrett was making hammers though.
That's most likely a foundry mark, not the hammer mfgr's mark, imo. Sivyer (in Chicago) used a Diamond-S. Symington (in Rochester, NY) used a circle-S, but the circle and the S were double-lines. I don't know if the National Foundry and Trademarks list was on your search, but no other symbol on that list looks like your circle-S. There were thousands of foundries. Could be a tough one. Good luck.
Starrett used a circle-S on their tools in their primitive era. I don't know if Starrett was making hammers though.
Private Lugnutz Thanks, I was not aware of foundry marks. That could definitely help.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22832895@N08/13457157475/in/dateposted/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22832895@N08/13457157475/in/dateposted/
woody 73
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interesting mark I will keep looking in my notes maybe I can find some more information.
Private Lugnutz
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No prob. I see that woody just kindly BTT'd a thread he started a while back to collect various references for symbols and markings in one place. I just added a link to a foundry mark reference to the end of that thread if you're interested in reading more about them.Private Lugnutz Thanks, I was not aware of foundry marks. That could definitely help.
Quick story: For many, many years in the WWII jeep hobby, guys collected tire pumps with a circle-N on the bottom of the cast iron base, thinking it stood for Noera, a known OEM of tire pumps, push bottom oilers, and other tools, and a mfgr associated with the Ford GPW version of the original Willys MB. They were highly desired and not too common. Turns out the circle-N more likely stands for National Malleable, the foundry that made the base for whoever the OEM of the pump is, found in the reference I just added to woody's thread. That went over like a lead inner tube with guys who had forked out a Ben Franklin or more for their suddenly unidentified pumps.
For what it's worth, you can search trademarks on the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) database:
http://www.wipo.int/branddb/en/
Text: "S" (without quotes)
Image class: US 26.01.01 (circle border)
426 hits, many similar to that mark, but nothing obvious for that hammer. There is a circle S for Swift (English company), but it's listed for jewelry (Nice classification -- 1957 Nice Agreement).
http://www.wipo.int/branddb/en/
Text: "S" (without quotes)
Image class: US 26.01.01 (circle border)
426 hits, many similar to that mark, but nothing obvious for that hammer. There is a circle S for Swift (English company), but it's listed for jewelry (Nice classification -- 1957 Nice Agreement).
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