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13th September 2020, 08:42 PM #1Senior Member
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Swedish file ID
Hi antique tool lovers,
I've had a file for years that was sitting waiting for some love. Last week I derusted it and the logo stood out well.
I don't know the maker and I haven't been able to find it with online research. It is inserted well into the handle and
I don't want to risk ruining the handle by trying pry it out as I like the feel of it. I can see the word Swed (which I'm assuming is Sweden)
and also a partial word (Ober.....) and a crescent moon logo. I thought it might at first be a Crescent tools file, but that company on research
was started by a Swede in the USA. It came up really nice after rust removal, and I'd like to know more about it.
It has me stumped so I'm throwing it out to you all. Any ideas?
Lyndon
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13th September 2020, 09:40 PM #2Intermediate Member
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Öberg
A mayor maker of high quality files situated in Eskilstuna.
The company was formed in 1848 and production started in 1850. Carl Oscar Öberg was a mayor shareholder and the factory boss from the start. From 1862 and onwards they used only steel made by Sandvikens Jernverks AB. The Öberg company was bought by Sandvik in 1975 and the factory in Eskilstuna was closed in 1992.
Even today Bahco sell some of their files with the Öberg logo on them. Though the files are made by Tome de Feteira in Portugal. Well in line with the Bahco policy of pretending.
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13th September 2020, 11:18 PM #5Senior Member
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Thank you both for the info. That's great. And fast too. Do you have any idea about the age of my file? I got some tools a few years ago from a friend who was downsizing homes and didn't have the space any more. He was in his eighties. Some where his and some belonged to his father in law who was a builder. Some of them are quite old. Among them was a couple of Vickers files and some Australian made Wiltshire files.
Cheers
LyndonLast edited by BEM; 13th September 2020 at 11:25 PM. Reason: Added detail
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Pity they only purchased the name and not how to make them...
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16th September 2020, 09:22 AM #9Senior Member
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Does anyone have an idea about the age of the file?
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18th September 2020, 10:03 PM #10
BEM
Can't really help with the age of the file but some clue might be in what it is. From the picture supplied it looks like a cant saw file. Perhaps you could show a pic of the end section of the file to confirm or debunk this. Cant saw files were used for sharpening logging crosscut saws and some "no-set" handsaws (Disston ACME120 and Atkins No.52). As all of these saws are no longer produced new it may mean the file is from the sixties or seventies, but that is just guesswork by me.
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19th September 2020, 10:50 AM #11SENIOR MEMBER
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I agree with Paul, definitely a cant saw file by Oberg
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