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Following on from the current thread regarding name stamps, i’ve always liked tools that have multiple names stamped into them and the history that infers. Wooden planes and chisels seemingly the items that collect the most marks.
This was one of my late fathers, a 7/8 ish gouge.

P. Johnson with whom my father started his apprenticeship in 1956
H. Sparry would appear to be the owner before that ( from overstamping on other chisels)
W.whippe seemingly the first to stamp the handle.

Dating the “hanging sheep” mark is seemingly pretty vague, but not unreasonable to think it formed part of a tool kit from around 1900.

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I find it all fascinating as well.

Roughly 40 years ago I advertised wanted carving chisels locally and went to collect about a dozen in a shoebox from a guy named Johnston. Lovely octagonal boxwood handles but they weren't in the best of codition and I noticed his name stamped into the handles so asked him what he carved and why he gave up, he looked about 80 years old. He replied "never used them lad, they've been in that box ever since my dad died and he didn't carve anything for at least 30 years before that." :o
 
I suppose it shows that people have been stealing tools for as long as we have had tools. My dad worked in Coventry in various automative and fork truck factories post army, and every tool he had was stamped or engraved with his name. Even all the spanners. Most of the metalworking tools were stamped with a pointed punch to spell out his name. When he gave me my first tool set as a small boy, they all had my name stamped on, and there was a lovely red spirit level with a brass plaque fixed to it with my name engraved. This did not stop some low life stealing it years later. I still miss it. :(
 
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