Old Pricking Irons

[joao grilo]

Hello all,

I have found this set of old vintage pricking iron and end up buying them I cannot resist to old tools

Here are the photos os each one.

https://plus.google.com/photos/105492344511455182577/albums/5925452568978586561

Now the question, all the irons are have makers mark but, probably because I am to young to the trade I cannot identify any of them. Dos any one as any info them ?

Some of the leathers are damaged of filled with rust but I think I got every name correct

N. 8 THOMAS ADAMS

N. 12 HEATH

N.14 AAW RUTLE

N. 11 JOHN FOX & SONS

N. 15 T. PERRINS

thank you in advance for your help

[simontuntelder]

Very nice tools.

I only know Thomas, but I've only seen it mentioned in a book (RA Salaman's tool bible), but please remember that both England, France and Germany had a lot of tool makers that went bankrupt, closed down or was bought by another company. So basically many of them made really good tools, but we don't know much about them.

You also bought some pinking irons - the oval ones. They're not made for marking stitches.