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    Vintage tool collection - dating

    Yes, I just spotted that lathe as well. Hard to believe there could be two unrelated companies called Henry Burtsal & Co London & Sheffield and Clark Burtsal & Co London & Sheffield, but I suppose stranger things have happened.
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    Vintage tool collection - dating

    Got it! It's Henry Burtsal and Co, Sheffield and London. Thank you both, that was really getting frustrating! Now... anyone know anything about Henry Burtsal?
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    Vintage tool collection - dating

    Andy, I just happened to Google "fount of information" and all that came up was your name. ;) I will look into getting some garnet paper, and then maybe I can find out more details on the Buck and Hickman saw. Thanks for the Majestic dating, good to have a general idea. Interesting that it's...
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    Vintage tool collection - dating

    Looking closer at some of the saws, anyone know anything about "Majestic" 249 saw (photo 921), online research indicates that this is an E.T. Roberts and Lee saw, although that wording, being lower down, has been completely rubbed off the one I've got. Also have a Buck and Hickman saw (photo...
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    Sailing/rowing dinghy project

    IBTC Lowestoft. They and Lyme Regis are, I believe, the only 1-year, full-time boatbuilding colleges left in England, after IBTC Portsmouth closed down a couple years ago.
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    Sailing/rowing dinghy project

    Yes, copper nails and roves. When I went to boatbuilding college, they all told me that everyone quickly gets tired of roving, but that's never happened to me, I love it.
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    Sailing/rowing dinghy project

    It's been an impatient wait, I had originally planned to start in August but there have been multiple difficulties with finding a place for the build. 2 January is the confirmed start date!
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    Sailing/rowing dinghy project

    Thanks! It is the Bucks one, I know Flackwell Heath well.
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    Sailing/rowing dinghy project

    Hello everyone, new member here. I will shortly be building a large boat (48 foot clinker planked), and will happily post photos of the process, but in the meantime, here's some work on a nine-foot dinghy I've been building, sort of as a "warm-up" project (and this will also be the tender for...
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    Vintage tool collection - dating

    Rather good guess, that! ;) Thank you! I've come to an arrangement with the boatyard to rent some space to build the wherry. It's going to be quite a project! Model making is a skill that I admire, because of all the fine little details, which are in many ways more difficult than doing them...
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    Andy, wow, that's a lot of information, thank you so much! So following on from a few points: 1. Edwards, Bays and Rye - I now realise that it was your post that I was quoting! I assume, if the company split in two in the early 1900s, that neither of the new companies (Bays & Co and Rye & Co)...
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    Vintage tool collection - dating

    Thank you for the welcome! These are indeed additions to my current tool set, which is a mix of modern and vintage. "Floats your boat" was a well-chosen phrase, because boatbuilding is the kind of woodworking I do, both as a profession and hobby! I work at a boatyard on the Thames, and in my...
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    Vintage tool collection - dating

    25. From the internet, Charles Nurse & Co were at 182 Walworth Road in London from 1887-1949. Again, any change of narrowing that down? If more info/photos needed, let me know. Again, thanks in advance, literally any information on any of these would be great!
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    Vintage tool collection - dating

    Hello everyone, new member here. I just bought a large collection of vintage woodworking tools, and I'm trying to get rough dates for when the tools are from. I've done a lot of internet research, and found dates for some, but there are still quite a few which have me stumped! Some notes below...
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