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Brace PEXTO-05 -
P.S.&W.Co.
Price: $40.00 plus shipping.
Only about 5% of the
nickel plating remains, but the steel surface has a pleasant, smooth
patina with no pitting. The pad is lignum vitae; the wrist handle
is rosewood.
The spring keeping the crispy jaws together is so symmetrical I think
it is original, but I have not seen another like it - the jaws have
original grooves cast into the back to accommodate the exact shape of
the spring. Maybe another jaw patent ? As with all the
other alligator jaws in this series, the teeth interlock so as to keep
them aligned.

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This
ten-inch-swing brace is in the earliest range, as
it has the ratchet housing (left) stamped with the Feb. 19, 1884
date of
the Ellrich
ratchet patent. |

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The July 9,
1895 patent date clearly stamped on the shell of the chuck is shown at
left. The
ball
bearings and the affixing screw are all original.
P.S.&W.Co. trademark stamped on bow:

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The
wrist handle is shown below.
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