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Spoke shave "The Wonder"

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I've got another spoke shave question. This is not mine, it belongs to my friend Bob. The main body is aluminium with the sole cast into it, the cap bronze and the blade steel. you can see that the cap says "THE WONDER. BRITISH MADE" in addition, Bob has given me a patent number 10525 which I've tried to find without any luck.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Geoff.
 

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Hmmm. As I am sure you already know, searching Espacenet for 10525 brings up no GB records. As far as I know the digitisation of historical patents never got finished and I can't believe it's on any Government to-do list.
Searching paper records needs a visit to Kew, or possibly Newcastle Library.

Looking at it, mostly because of the use of aluminium, I'd guess it's from the 50s. There was a brief period when firms had manufacturing facilities freed up from war work and there was a surge in DIY to fix up UK housing when there was also a shortage of skilled tradesmen.

There were other tools made from aluminium, such as planes by Milbro and Lewin and another shave by Rapier which I think are from then.

I don't know of anything much written about these tools or their makers.

Is it any good?
 
Thanks for your reply Andy, we have a similar problem looking up patents here in Australia. I think it's in Bob's collection more for the unique construction than the useability, he brought it to a HTPSWA meeting on Thursday night and I must say it's a very pretty tool.
Cheers,
Geoff.
 
I was told, years ago (but I can't remember by whom) that there was a surplus of aluminium post-war, when high volume military aircraft manufacture pretty much stopped. There were many uses found for it, some inappropriate, such as its use in house wiring (which persists to this day in the USA).
 
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