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Offline HeelSpur

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Brownie C-Clamp
« on: October 04, 2013, 12:30:17 PM »
Anybody recognize this logo?




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Re: Brownie C-Clamp
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2013, 04:19:28 PM »
Messy , and complicated, some forge mark from an iron foundry in Indiana, contracted to Majestic co, which was a contrace hardware supplier for Mesker Bros....(Mesker Bros iron works, but they bought and sold more than they actually made)

("Brownie clamp co" was actually a paper division of Majestic co, Huntington,IA)
Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

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Re: Brownie C-Clamp
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2013, 04:31:43 PM »
You're right that's a brain teaser. Where did you find your info?
I know how to make brownies now since I googled it.
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Re: Brownie C-Clamp
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2013, 10:07:38 PM »
OK, but do you know what to put in the brownies?
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: Brownie C-Clamp
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2013, 03:16:21 PM »
Have you ever seen the Official Boy Scout tools - knife and all that?  This is obviously an Official Brownie C-Clamp, as used by those little pre-Girl Scouts for their troop projects.  In the U.S., the Girl Scouts have abolished the names for the various age groups, so this is now an Official Collector's Item.

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