The pad
is made from lignum vitae and the wrist handle is rosewood:
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Model No. 5008
& PEXTO logo:
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B&D-190
Price: $40.00
plus shipping
If
you are looking for a small brace for driving screws and for boring small holes, this rather ugly PEXTO (Peck, Stow & Wilcox) product may
be for you. The ratchet works with little drag (but lots of noise) in
both directions, and the handles are smooth turning and in excellent
condition. Fortunately, the spottily deteriorating nickel plating has
no rough edges.
Surprisingly, in spite of the lack of any patent date on this brace,
its jaws follow Robert Ellrich's U.S. Patent No.809,936, granted
January 16, 1906 and assigned to PEXTO, are quite serviceable, with no damage from
attempts to grip round-shanked bits, and the chuck's shell is free of
wrench marks.
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