SteveHB Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Help with a makers mark please, what appears to be an onion or general purpose hoe, interesting as it can also be used as a seed drill. Not necessarily Sheffield or the UK, could have been made further afield. .........? 'CAST STEEL' maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddy Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Help with a makers mark please, what appears to be an onion or general purpose hoe, interesting as it can also be used as a seed drill. Not necessarily Sheffield or the UK, could have been made further afield. .........? 'CAST STEEL' maybe. A F Parkes & Co---Biped trade mark ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 A F Parkes & Co---Biped trade mark ? Thank you neddy, A & F. Parkes did use the 'PARKES BIPED' TM. A Birmingham based company I believe. Parkes billhook Grace's Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Help with a makers mark please, what appears to be an onion or general purpose hoe, interesting as it can also be used as a seed drill. Not necessarily Sheffield or the UK, could have been made further afield. 'CAST STEEL' maybe. A fine pair of ankles there Steve and well found Neddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Burgess Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 A bit late, but I found this post via another query.. A&F Parkes were a Birmingham firm, founded in 1837. In 1887 they became a private company, and in 1961 had 190 employees (source: Graces Guide). They became part of English Tools Ltd (together with Morris & Sons), and finally incorporated into Bulldog Tools. As far as I know they did not have any works in Sheffield, but on ebay this week is a Sheffield made tool bearing the Parkes Biped logo. This is the second of its type I have seen within 12 months - both are tea pruners - usually intended for export, but may have uses in the UK as garden pruning hooks. Many Sheffield makers made these for export - my guess is Parkes had an order and outsourced it to another maker as they were not set up for these... This was quite common practice among edge tool makers in the past... I cannot post the images - a problem with this site... They can be seen here, on Facebook: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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