Return to Index    

Hybrid ten inch sweep Tucker-patent brace frame with added Backus-patent chuck. 
 

Tucker patent brace with Backus chuck
Other side
Head view
Head view
Chuck apart
B&D-182
Price: $45.00 plus shipping
  

Someone in time immemorial married a Tucker-patent frame with a Backus-patent chuck to produce this neatly assembled hybrid brace. It functions just fine, looks great, and has only one flaw: a beat-up quill that is rather frayed around the edges, although the lignum vitae pad is unblemished.
U.S. Patent No. 23,326
U.S. patent No. 132,791