Both
handles were made from rosewood:
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Fulton Special, U.S. Patent
No.488,869:
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B&D-189
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There
are few apologies for this brace, as it has never been abused, except
for the ongoing loss of its nickel plating, about half gone now with
much raggedness at the boundaries of the flaking. All the functions are
there, except that the ratchet still isn't that depicted in the patent.
The wood is minimally blemished rosewood. It proudly carries the name
of its marketing company as well as the number of Albert Goodell's
December 27, 1892 U.S. patent:
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