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8 February 2016 at 8:09 am #134640
Hi! Being from sweden I’m well familiar with Anchor planes. Good quality! I suppose the steel is marked either “järnbolaget” or “E A Berg”
Made in Eskilstuna, just like a lot of the swedish planes and chisels. This area is for sweden what Sheffield is for England.
Nice that it has found its way to New Zealand! I got some Anchor planes in different sizes, and they are all good workmates!3 February 2016 at 7:12 am #134452Yes, it is indeed. Though there was quite a large amount of export from E A Berg and other manufacturers from Eskilstuna. They, and especially Berg, had a big succes att the world exhibition in Paris 1889. The swedish steel industri has a long tradition of high quality works. But the ones who started it all was of course fellows from around your area. The vallons has had a huge impact on the swedish metal industry, with the family De Geerin particular. Today a lot of swedes has vallon-blood in their veins, so they were also successful in other areas than the industry…
1 February 2016 at 6:38 pm #134396Nice collection! And I think I can spot at least one swedish chisel! The one with red handle seems to be an E A Berg from Eskilstuna Sweden.
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