Both
handles were made from rosewood:
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No.1001
P S & W Co.:
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Pat. Feb 19, 1884
(Ellrich):
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B&D-126
Price: $45.00
plus shipping
There
are no operational or aesthetic issues with this brace, and it even
retains 95% of its original nickel plating; the rosewood handles are in
perfect condition, and it has never seen use with any round-shanked
bits, judging from the lack of wrench scars on the shell of the chuck.
Compare with B&D-125;
in the few years between the dates of maufacture of tht brace and this
one, Peck Stow & Wilcox added a screw to the body of the Peck &
Powers chuck to reduce the risk of its jaws falling out.
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