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273457 Kirk Eppler 2021‑04‑16 Re: True Temper No.60 "Genuine Underhill" Lathing Hatchet
On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 12:07 PM Scott Garrison 
wrote:

> https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/lathing-hatchet-who-knew.1771701/
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Apologies for the scrambled mess, was trying to keep it in order, but it
may not be.

Well that's cool.  Scott opened up a dang rabbit hole, and off I went.  Too
bad there isn't a year on that ad.  Looks like something similar was used
in 1926 in The Lather, but snippet view only. Also advertised in 1908, same
mag different ad.  Similar in 1917 in the Frankfurth Hardware General
catalog. 1890 & 1891 in HSB. Those dates are giving me doubt on the dates
and names in DAT, listed below

Searching the trademark database is a bit harder than the design patents.
More later

That's Underhill Brothers, not Underhill Edge Tool.  The Davistown link was
for Edge Tool

DAT has the following for Underhill Bros: 71 Haverhill Boston MA 1853 -
1871  Hazen R. and Samuel Graham Underhill. A gouge was reported for an
S.G.&H.R. Underhill, an apparent variation of this name

Interesting,new searching in a Boston directory from 1872 lists; (and other
years)

Underhill Edge Tool at 139 Federal  (1860 at 53 Kilby) (1879 & 1882 at 36
Pearl)

Also from 1870 (RK and SA at 71 Haverhill, SA lives in Somerville, RA in
Billerica)

The  1872 lists;
Underhill Bros  at 71 Haverhill SA and RK (almost matches above
initials??)(S August and Jay T. in 1882, are we at sons now?) (1893 same
address)
(1902 moved from 115 Broad Street to 6 Sherman, Charlestown. Iron Age v70
) (1922 @ 6 Sherman St Charlestown?, R E Underhill proprietor) (1922 let a
contract for a new 50 x 100 ft factory in Somerville Mass, Iron Trade
Review v70)

There is also a C.B. Hill who is listed as an agent of Underhill Edge tool
co & Nashua Lock Co, both at 139 Federal. giving further credence to the
sales office from my previous post .

Enough digging, going backward towards 1853 gives me nothing new just yet,
and I gotta pay attention, as I'm running the next meeting, and someone
here may bust me for inattention.

I will add these to my DAT notes for entry revisions later.

-- 
Kirk Eppler, looking towards a lost weekend.

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