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Rare Original 1865 / 1872 Medway Leather Chisel Maul Alden Partridge Patent
$ 39.6
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Rare Original 1865 / 1872 Medway Leather Chisel Maul Alden Partridge Patent. Has Wear and Tear from years of pounding . Has a 5 stamped in end but weighs 9.2 pounds and is 13 inches high.An early patent that was manufactured was by Allen P. Partridge (1806-1872) of Medway, Massachusetts, with US Patent 46,972, issued 21 March 1865, and US Patent 127,363, issued 28 May 1872. With his son David Allen Partridge (1833-unk.), he operated Allen Partridge & Son 1870-71, and David also worked as agent (salesman) and treasurer for West Medway Mallet Co. from 1875 to 1886. The 1865 patent has a rod which extends through a hollow wood handle, with a large screw slot at the top. The 1872 patent has a large hex nut with patent information at the base of the head, and the handle is solid wood and extends through the head. Medway had shoe manufacturing and marble and granite finishing businesses, and it's clear from Partridge's 1865 application that his mallet was to be used in those trades.