I'm hoping to find some information on my forge.
I have a military grade portable forge. It was manufactured by the Canadian Forge & Blower Company (CF& - a subsidiary of the Buffalo Blower Company - in Kitchener, Ontario in 1954, and for being 55 years old it's in great shape as you can see here.
I'm doing some research on it and would like to find out some info on it:
Wartime It's manufacture date puts it between the Korean and Vietnam Wars. For which war would it have been most likely made?
Would this have been used out in the field (perhaps 2nd or 3rd line) as support? If so, what kind of support?
My understanding is a manual would have accompanied the forge? Anyone know if a copy is still available?
Would this have been a common forge design?
Forge & Design There are four standoffs inside the forge bed. Any ideas what they were for? I'm assuming they were used to secure the blower / legs / blower pipe when the kit was packed up, but I can't confirm my guess.
There some information on the inside of the lid that I'd like to decipher. I'm assuming it's the catalog and serial numbers for the forge.
Manufacturer Anyone have historical information on CF&B? All I could find was the year they were established in Montreal, Quebec (1903), and the year they relocated to Kitchener, Ontario (1914 - then known as Berlin, Ontario).
If any of the IFI members could answer in some of these questions, I'd appreciate it very much. Thanks.
Craig
