Logo identification on old wooden handle screwdriver

[wwwamericana]

Can someone help me identify the maker of this old wooden handled screwdriver?
It is a heart (no SW inside).
Here is a closeup of the logo.
Unfortunately, the logo is partially gone.

 

[four.cycle]

British ??

Dave455 ??

 

[RTM]

That is my guess too, based on what little we can see of the turnscrew.

 

[Farmer J.]

Looks vaguely familiar, so likely it's British.. but I don't know. Maybe it will surface from the 'deep storage' depths of memory after a while.

 

[3baygarage]

It might help to post the entire tool.

 

[wwwamericana]

Thanks guys!
Here is a pic of the entire screwdriver.

 

[Farmer J.]

I reckon it is likely made by Wynn and Timmins, 'British Heart Brand'.
The maker came up before on GJ, but just the adjustable wrench. I think the heart logo varied over the 250 years of production..

My British Heart Brand by Wynn & Timmins Adjustable Wrench

I had posted this in the garage sale thread previously. I am not too successful with search, so hopefully this is interesting to someone else & has not been beat to death. The tool was rusted & frozen when I got it, it took PB Blaster and a lead hammer to work it loose to clean up. I found...

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[wwwamericana]

I reckon it is likely made by Wynn and Timmins, 'British Heart Brand'.
The maker came up before on GJ, but just the adjustable wrench. I think the heart logo varied over the 250 years of production..

My British Heart Brand by Wynn & Timmins Adjustable Wrench

I had posted this in the garage sale thread previously. I am not too successful with search, so hopefully this is interesting to someone else & has not been beat to death. The tool was rusted & frozen when I got it, it took PB Blaster and a lead hammer to work it loose to clean up. I found...

www.garagejournal.com

Pardon our interruption...

Thank you so much for the help!

 

[Farmer J.]

You're welcome. Always a fun game to identify an old tool!
These old british made screwdrivers used to be called 'Turnscrews', so useful to search that if looking for other examples.

 

[humber2]

I’m adding another short and fat one today, I believe it has EnFo on the shank heading into the handle.

Having a brass ferrule is indicative of British manufacture, EnFo is English Ford.

The width isn’t to me automotive, maybe Fordson tractor?

 

[Dave455]

British ??

Dave455 ??

Historically, the U.K. had quite pronounced local variations in the styles of some tools, screwdrivers being one.

The first tool shown is clearly a “London pattern” screwdriver, so yes, I’d be guessing British made.

As Farmer J says, “Heart Brand” tools were made by Wynn Timmins and it looks like their logo, I have a pair of pliers around with the same logo.

In this instance I am sure that the tool is a Wynn Timmins as I have seen identical tools so marked. I think my local used tool shop has a couple in stock now.

I suspect that this tool has some age to it, but the steel, the forging, and the grinding on these old tools is usually first class.

The pattern of the blade, although slightly unusual to modern eyes, is even older than the tool, but they are incredibly good to use. I know one local carpenter who has a collection of these that he retains for working with traditional sized slotted screws.

 

[Dave455]

I’m adding another short and fat one today, I believe it has EnFo on the shank heading into the handle.

Having a brass ferrule is indicative of British manufacture, EnFo is English Ford.

The width isn’t to me automotive, maybe Fordson tractor?

I’ve seen relatively few “EnFo” screwdrivers. Most are of similar proportions to the one shown, and seem to have originated in tractor tool kits, so I think you are right with the Fordson theory!

 

[HalfTonTom]

Hmmm...I thought it was one of those Hart tools Wally World sells.