Jacobeen

Thank you and have perused that post. Will be going back to continue restoration work and may well find more snails among a very large collection of spanners etc.

Jacobeen

Thought the significance of paring chisels marked "THOS. SMITH & SONS O'SALTLEY L/D, probably marketed in Australia, could have been at least interesting to parties studying company history and might have provided information about these heirlooms.

Jacobeen

I recently shared  4 days of peace and fettling with my brother-in-law down Melbourne (Australia) way. He had inherited a range of tools from his very practical father and grandfather. Of course there were Stanley and Record planes, Disston, Spear & Jackson saws, Stanley and Ward mortise chisels and to the point 5 Thos Smith & Sons paring chisels. Tho advertising reveals a broad range of spanners, hammers and axes, I was hoping to get some information on the range of chisels manufactured and hoped the centenary book, Margaret 'Snailbrand'  or J.L.C. might be able to give more info or resources. Happy to post photos should they be of interest.

Jacobeen