Help ID some trinkets from my last visit to the Surplus store

[rob love]

On the site for the Smart mfg Company, it shows where the G in the diamond was also used by Smart....maintained after the acquisition of the Gardiner tool Co of Montreal.

CF&F rings a bell, as I know I have seen it somewhere else. Found it, and it does have a connection with Smart: http://yesteryearstools.com/Yesterye...0Forgings.html

No C/l\ on mine either. Of the half dozen of these that I saw in the surplus store, more than half were missing their handles.

[Wayne Hingley]

Try this for the Indian wrench Rob... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Indi...wAAOSwHMJYHjB5

Below is a clipping from TM-10-1287 (October 18, 1941). Indian Motorcycle Model 741-B

[Wayne Hingley]

From manual...

[barriefield-brian]

You were typing the same time as me. I had heard these called bill hooks but had no further info. I bought mine in the 60's in the army surplus and have not seen any since. Wish I hadn't lost the handle. Thanks for the info. Cheers Brian

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Wayne Hingley

Try this for the Indian wrench Rob... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Indi...wAAOSwHMJYHjB5

Below is a clipping from TM-10-1287 (October 18, 1941). Indian Motorcycle Model 741-B

Thanks Wayne....exactly what I was looking for. Had a look on ebay, and the prices seem to vary. Kind of neat to have them NOS in the box....my only fear is if I keep them I will end up with an Indian motorcycle.

I'll drag in a couple more trinkets from the last trip to Westbourne.

[Michael R.]

Originally Posted by rob love

Thanks Wayne...my only fear is if I keep them I will end up with an Indian motorcycle.

Shame! It all started with a wrench ...

[rob love]

It has started enough times by just having the manual. I can't explain why.....it just does.

[rob love]

Found the bill-hook (or as the army calls it, the hook, bill) in the 25 pdr manual. Sure enough, it goes in the ammunition limbers.

[David Dunlop]

I remember Jim showing me those machetes years ago. They would not fit in the standard CMP Machete sheaths he had and he could never figure out what they were for. Came as part of a huge lot of tools he had purchased, many of which had been deliberately rendered unserviceable before they were surplussed out, which p***d him right off!


David