Hi Charlie,

> On Aug 10, 2018, at 20:19 , Charles Driggs via OldTools  wrote:
> 
> #1 — I’m not aware of any place named Perth in the British Isles, so I’m
wondering if one of our fellow Galoots Down Under may have a reference on 19th C
Aussie toolmakers that might indicate the period of time when Malloch & Sons
were operating to define the range of time when the iron probably was made.  I’m
expecting that to be in the period 1840 - 1900.

Perth, Scotland, it seems. Don McConnell has the relevant bits from
Goodman in a post here:

http://swingleydev.com/ot/get/91226/thread/

>> The plane was made by the planemaking firm of David MALLOCH & SON for sale by
>> Ironmongers D. GALLOWAY & Co.
>> 
>> W.L. Goodman's _British Planemakers from 1700_, Third Edition, c. 1993,
>> Astragal Press, lists the working dates for both firms:
>> 
>> MALLOCH, David & Son                       PERTH
>> 50 South St. (The Perth Plane Works)     1878-1913
>> 11 East Campbell St., Glasgow            1914-1932>
>> (Subsidiary of Alex. Mathieson, Glasgow)

Adam