Both
handles were both made from rosewood:
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Stanley
No.811-10IN
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Stanley
Sweetheart
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B&D-156
Price:
SOLD
About
half the original nickel plating has been lost to a combination of
nicks & scratches followed by corrosion from exposure to moist
conditions, but the surface is free of snags and loose plating.
Mechanically, the brace is in good condition, with only the one
replaced screw in the chuck.
There
are no
patent dates on this brace for the ratchet mechanism, but one or more
of the patents cited for B&D-41
and B&D-42
may apply here.
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Note: The present brace combines the
jaws and
springs of U.S. Patent No. 1,270,754 with the ball bearing shell of
U.S. Patent No. 542,448, long expired by 1918.
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