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268559 Paul Olson <paul.olson70@g...> 2019‑05‑23 W. A. Bashaw chisel - any info?
I recently picked up this chisel on a trip to Georgia. It was the only one
of it's kind at the sale. I've not heard nor seen of the maker "W. A.
Bashaw" before and I'm not able to find anything but a few old eBay
references on the internet and a search of the mailing list archives come
up empty too. The overall length is about 5 1/4 inches and 2 inches wide.
Does anyone have any info on this maker?

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8d212mbegdhuxfs/AAA0BYKsxnShVSCW8Hxb3wfRa?dl=0

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Paul
268560 Kirk Eppler 2019‑05‑23 Re: W. A. Bashaw chisel - any info?
On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 12:08 PM Paul Olson  wrote:

> I recently picked up this chisel ..... maker "W. A. Bashaw" before and I'm
> not able to find anything but a few old eBay
> .....
> Does anyone have any info on this maker?
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8d212mbegdhuxfs/AAA0BYKsxnShVSCW8Hxb3wfRa?dl=0
>
>
>
Looks like William A Bashaw was active in Chisel making in 1908, per the
New England Business Directory and Gazetteer (Issue 23) in Wilkinsonville,
Sutton County, Massachusetts (now 01590 zip code), One town over from
Millbury, MA of Buck Bros fame.  There is now a short stretch of road known
as Bashaw road in Sutton, the county where Wilkinsonville is located.

Looks like a WA Bashaw was manager of the Sutton Water Works in 1915.
Supposedly he helped form it per the History of...  Says where he bought a
house on what is now Bashaw road, formerly a blacksmith shop.  Later on it
talks about " THE SUTTON TOOL CO.

William A. Bashaw erected a shop for the manufacture of edge tools on land
which he had bought from his father, Eustace Bashaw, and carried on this busi-
ness for some time. Later, he changed to the manufacture of shuttle irons, and
built up a very prosperous business under the name of The Sutton Tool Co. His
shop was destroyed by fire, in 1925, but he rebuilt on a larger scale,
and at the
time of his death, June 6, 1931, he had installed machinery for the manufacture
of the complete shuttle.

After Mr. Bashaw's death...."

Also says "THE SUTTON WATER CO.

William A. Bashaw, in search of water to furnish steam for his engine, lo-
cated an underground supply, north of and adjacent to his shop. He did this by
means of the divining rod, in the use of which he was expert. Water was found
in such abundance that a water-supply system was inaugurated by Mr. Bashaw
and John C. Dudley, in 1914, under the name of Sutton Water Co."

https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs2187sutt/historyoftownofs218
7sutt_djvu.txt">https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs2187sutt/historyoftow
nofs2187sutt_djvu.txt


In 1921 (filed), he was (1926) granted a patent for a shuttle spring (if
you want to see how he signed his name)

https://patents.google.com/patent/US1466418

Probably more out there, but work is calling, so I gotta go.
-- 
Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA, might get some shop time this weekend.
268561 Paul Olson <paul.olson70@g...> 2019‑05‑24 Re: W. A. Bashaw chisel - any info?
Thanks Kirk. I guess I need to go deeper than one page of search results- I
saw none of what you found. That's one thing I love about this mailing list
group- someone always knows!

On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 2:27 PM Kirk Eppler  wrote:

>
>
>
> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 12:08 PM Paul Olson 
> wrote:
>
>> I recently picked up this chisel ..... maker "W. A. Bashaw" before and
>> I'm not able to find anything but a few old eBay
>> .....
>> Does anyone have any info on this maker?
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8d212mbegdhuxfs/AAA0BYKsxnShVSCW8Hxb3wfRa?dl=0
>>
>>
>>
> Looks like William A Bashaw was active in Chisel making in 1908, per the
> New England Business Directory and Gazetteer (Issue 23) in Wilkinsonville,
> Sutton County, Massachusetts (now 01590 zip code), One town over from
> Millbury, MA of Buck Bros fame.  There is now a short stretch of road known
> as Bashaw road in Sutton, the county where Wilkinsonville is located.
>
> Looks like a WA Bashaw was manager of the Sutton Water Works in 1915.
> Supposedly he helped form it per the History of...  Says where he bought a
> house on what is now Bashaw road, formerly a blacksmith shop.  Later on it
> talks about " THE SUTTON TOOL CO.
>
> William A. Bashaw erected a shop for the manufacture of edge tools on land
> which he had bought from his father, Eustace Bashaw, and carried on this busi-
> ness for some time. Later, he changed to the manufacture of shuttle irons, and
> built up a very prosperous business under the name of The Sutton Tool Co. His
> shop was destroyed by fire, in 1925, but he rebuilt on a larger scale, and at
the
> time of his death, June 6, 1931, he had installed machinery for the
manufacture
> of the complete shuttle.
>
> After Mr. Bashaw's death...."
>
> Also says "THE SUTTON WATER CO.
>
> William A. Bashaw, in search of water to furnish steam for his engine, lo-
> cated an underground supply, north of and adjacent to his shop. He did this by
> means of the divining rod, in the use of which he was expert. Water was found
> in such abundance that a water-supply system was inaugurated by Mr. Bashaw
> and John C. Dudley, in 1914, under the name of Sutton Water Co."
>
>
> https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs2187sutt/historyoftownofs2
187sutt_djvu.txt">https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs2187sutt/historyoft
ownofs2187sutt_djvu.txt
>
>
> In 1921 (filed), he was (1926) granted a patent for a shuttle spring (if
> you want to see how he signed his name)
>
> https://patents.google.com/patent/US1466418
>
> Probably more out there, but work is calling, so I gotta go.
> --
> Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA, might get some shop time this weekend.
>
>

-- 
Paul
268562 Kirk Eppler 2019‑05‑24 Re: W. A. Bashaw chisel - any info?
Actually, it was the fourth result on the first page, but in Google Books.
I searched for "bashaw" chisel.  That led me to Wilkinsonsville, and the
rest spiraled out from there in iterative searches.

Google Books, and the archive.org International Tool Catalog subset are two
of my favorite hunting grounds, followed by Archive.org, for finding
vintage literature.  For local stuff I use the UCR California Digital
Newspaper Collection.  Kinda cool to be able to read 1850's papers and
catalogs online.  Some of them are almost searchable too.  I go there
almost as often as DATAMP.org anymore.

https://archive.org/details/internationaltoolcataloglibrary

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/




On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 2:23 PM Paul Olson  wrote:

> Thanks Kirk. I guess I need to go deeper than one page of search results-
> I saw none of what you found. That's one thing I love about this mailing
> list group- someone always knows!
>
> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 2:27 PM Kirk Eppler  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 12:08 PM Paul Olson 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I recently picked up this chisel ..... maker "W. A. Bashaw" before and
>>> I'm not able to find anything but a few old eBay
>>> .....
>>> Does anyone have any info on this maker?
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8d212mbegdhuxfs/AAA0BYKsxnShVSCW8Hxb3wfRa?dl=0
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Looks like William A Bashaw was active in Chisel making in 1908, per the
>> New England Business Directory and Gazetteer (Issue 23) in Wilkinsonville,
>> Sutton County, Massachusetts (now 01590 zip code), One town over from
>> Millbury, MA of Buck Bros fame.  There is now a short stretch of road known
>> as Bashaw road in Sutton, the county where Wilkinsonville is located.
>>
>> Looks like a WA Bashaw was manager of the Sutton Water Works in 1915.
>> Supposedly he helped form it per the History of...  Says where he bought a
>> house on what is now Bashaw road, formerly a blacksmith shop.  Later on it
>> talks about " THE SUTTON TOOL CO.
>>
>> William A. Bashaw erected a shop for the manufacture of edge tools on land
>> which he had bought from his father, Eustace Bashaw, and carried on this
busi-
>> ness for some time. Later, he changed to the manufacture of shuttle irons,
and
>> built up a very prosperous business under the name of The Sutton Tool Co. His
>> shop was destroyed by fire, in 1925, but he rebuilt on a larger scale, and at
the
>> time of his death, June 6, 1931, he had installed machinery for the
manufacture
>> of the complete shuttle.
>>
>> After Mr. Bashaw's death...."
>>
>> Also says "THE SUTTON WATER CO.
>>
>> William A. Bashaw, in search of water to furnish steam for his engine, lo-
>> cated an underground supply, north of and adjacent to his shop. He did this
by
>> means of the divining rod, in the use of which he was expert. Water was found
>> in such abundance that a water-supply system was inaugurated by Mr. Bashaw
>> and John C. Dudley, in 1914, under the name of Sutton Water Co."
>>
>>
>> https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs2187sutt/historyoftownofs
2187sutt_djvu.txt">https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs2187sutt/historyof
townofs2187sutt_djvu.txt
>>
>>
>> In 1921 (filed), he was (1926) granted a patent for a shuttle spring (if
>> you want to see how he signed his name)
>>
>> https://patents.google.com/patent/US1466418
>>
>> Probably more out there, but work is calling, so I gotta go.
>> --
>> Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA, might get some shop time this weekend.
>>
>>
>
> --
> Paul
>


-- 
Kirk Eppler just heard of an accident on the way home, guess I will work a
bit longer.
268565 Paul Olson <paul.olson70@g...> 2019‑05‑25 Re: W. A. Bashaw chisel - any info?
Thanks for the links, Kirk. I use Archive.org frequently, but have not
heard of  UCR California Digital Newspaper Collection. I will be adding
that to my reference library.

On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 3:28 PM Kirk Eppler  wrote:

> Actually, it was the fourth result on the first page, but in Google
> Books.  I searched for "bashaw" chisel.  That led me to Wilkinsonsville,
> and the rest spiraled out from there in iterative searches.
>
> Google Books, and the archive.org International Tool Catalog subset are
> two of my favorite hunting grounds, followed by Archive.org, for finding
> vintage literature.  For local stuff I use the UCR California Digital
> Newspaper Collection.  Kinda cool to be able to read 1850's papers and
> catalogs online.  Some of them are almost searchable too.  I go there
> almost as often as DATAMP.org anymore.
>
> https://archive.org/details/internationaltoolcataloglibrary
>
> https://cdnc.ucr.edu/
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 2:23 PM Paul Olson  wrote:
>
>> Thanks Kirk. I guess I need to go deeper than one page of search results-
>> I saw none of what you found. That's one thing I love about this mailing
>> list group- someone always knows!
>>
>> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 2:27 PM Kirk Eppler  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 12:08 PM Paul Olson 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I recently picked up this chisel ..... maker "W. A. Bashaw" before and
>>>> I'm not able to find anything but a few old eBay
>>>> .....
>>>> Does anyone have any info on this maker?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8d212mbegdhuxfs/AAA0BYKsxnShVSCW8Hxb3wfRa?dl=0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Looks like William A Bashaw was active in Chisel making in 1908, per the
>>> New England Business Directory and Gazetteer (Issue 23) in Wilkinsonville,
>>> Sutton County, Massachusetts (now 01590 zip code), One town over from
>>> Millbury, MA of Buck Bros fame.  There is now a short stretch of road known
>>> as Bashaw road in Sutton, the county where Wilkinsonville is located.
>>>
>>> Looks like a WA Bashaw was manager of the Sutton Water Works in 1915.
>>> Supposedly he helped form it per the History of...  Says where he bought a
>>> house on what is now Bashaw road, formerly a blacksmith shop.  Later on it
>>> talks about " THE SUTTON TOOL CO.
>>>
>>> William A. Bashaw erected a shop for the manufacture of edge tools on land
>>> which he had bought from his father, Eustace Bashaw, and carried on this
busi-
>>> ness for some time. Later, he changed to the manufacture of shuttle irons,
and
>>> built up a very prosperous business under the name of The Sutton Tool Co.
His
>>> shop was destroyed by fire, in 1925, but he rebuilt on a larger scale, and
at the
>>> time of his death, June 6, 1931, he had installed machinery for the
manufacture
>>> of the complete shuttle.
>>>
>>> After Mr. Bashaw's death...."
>>>
>>> Also says "THE SUTTON WATER CO.
>>>
>>> William A. Bashaw, in search of water to furnish steam for his engine, lo-
>>> cated an underground supply, north of and adjacent to his shop. He did this
by
>>> means of the divining rod, in the use of which he was expert. Water was
found
>>> in such abundance that a water-supply system was inaugurated by Mr. Bashaw
>>> and John C. Dudley, in 1914, under the name of Sutton Water Co."
>>>
>>>
>>> https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs2187sutt/historyoftownof
s2187sutt_djvu.txt">https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs2187sutt/historyo
ftownofs2187sutt_djvu.txt
>>>
>>>
>>> In 1921 (filed), he was (1926) granted a patent for a shuttle spring (if
>>> you want to see how he signed his name)
>>>
>>> https://patents.google.com/patent/US1466418
>>>
>>> Probably more out there, but work is calling, so I gotta go.
>>> --
>>> Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA, might get some shop time this weekend.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul
>>
>
>
> --
> Kirk Eppler just heard of an accident on the way home, guess I will work a
> bit longer.
>
>

-- 
Paul
268571 Michael Suwczinsky <nicknaylo@g...> 2019‑05‑27 Re: W. A. Bashaw chisel - any info?
Kirk has a gift for these sorts of things.

Michael

On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 2:25 PM Paul Olson  wrote:

> Thanks Kirk. I guess I need to go deeper than one page of search results- I
> saw none of what you found. That's one thing I love about this mailing list
> group- someone always knows!
>
> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 2:27 PM Kirk Eppler  wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 12:08 PM Paul Olson 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I recently picked up this chisel ..... maker "W. A. Bashaw" before and
> >> I'm not able to find anything but a few old eBay
> >> .....
> >> Does anyone have any info on this maker?
> >>
> >>
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8d212mbegdhuxfs/AAA0BYKsxnShVSCW8Hxb3wfRa?dl=0
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Looks like William A Bashaw was active in Chisel making in 1908, per the
> > New England Business Directory and Gazetteer (Issue 23) in
> Wilkinsonville,
> > Sutton County, Massachusetts (now 01590 zip code), One town over from
> > Millbury, MA of Buck Bros fame.  There is now a short stretch of road
> known
> > as Bashaw road in Sutton, the county where Wilkinsonville is located.
> >
> > Looks like a WA Bashaw was manager of the Sutton Water Works in 1915.
> > Supposedly he helped form it per the History of...  Says where he bought
> a
> > house on what is now Bashaw road, formerly a blacksmith shop.  Later on
> it
> > talks about " THE SUTTON TOOL CO.
> >
> > William A. Bashaw erected a shop for the manufacture of edge tools on
> land
> > which he had bought from his father, Eustace Bashaw, and carried on this
> busi-
> > ness for some time. Later, he changed to the manufacture of shuttle
> irons, and
> > built up a very prosperous business under the name of The Sutton Tool
> Co. His
> > shop was destroyed by fire, in 1925, but he rebuilt on a larger scale,
> and at the
> > time of his death, June 6, 1931, he had installed machinery for the
> manufacture
> > of the complete shuttle.
> >
> > After Mr. Bashaw's death...."
> >
> > Also says "THE SUTTON WATER CO.
> >
> > William A. Bashaw, in search of water to furnish steam for his engine,
> lo-
> > cated an underground supply, north of and adjacent to his shop. He did
> this by
> > means of the divining rod, in the use of which he was expert. Water was
> found
> > in such abundance that a water-supply system was inaugurated by Mr.
> Bashaw
> > and John C. Dudley, in 1914, under the name of Sutton Water Co."
> >
> >
> >
> https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs2187sutt/historyoftownofs2
187sutt_djvu.txt">https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs2187sutt/historyoft
ownofs2187sutt_djvu.txt
> >
> >
> > In 1921 (filed), he was (1926) granted a patent for a shuttle spring (if
> > you want to see how he signed his name)
> >
> > https://patents.google.com/patent/US1466418
> >
> > Probably more out there, but work is calling, so I gotta go.
> > --
> > Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA, might get some shop time this weekend.
> >
> >
>
> --
> Paul
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