Mark Making and Toolmaker’s Marks.

I visited the now demolished workshops of Eyre and Baxter of Sheffield, long established makers of punches, branding irons and other mark making equipment.

 

 

Punch and marking hammer blanks.
Anvil, hammer and stool.
A general view of the mark making workshop.

Marks used by tool manufacturers are not common, below are some examples.

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Group of marking punches used by Ball Brothers, Globe Works, Penistone Road, Sheffield.
Group of marking punches used by Ball Brothers, Globe Works, Penistone Road, Sheffield. Inventory No.0504AG
Group of approx. 100 punches and marks used at George Barnsley & Sons, Cornish Works Cornish Street, Sheffield.
Group of approx. 100 punches and marks used at George Barnsley & Sons, Cornish Works, Cornish Street, Sheffield. Inventory No.0520AG
Planemaker Bill Carter’s Marking Punch. Bill gave me this as it is a large mark and he no longer uses it. Inventory No.0555AG