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Mysterious "H" mark
Feb 13th, 2014 at 11:30pm
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Thought for sure the new Hepburn book would answer my question. Didn't find the answer. 

H mark on my Hepburn. Anyone Have a Hepburn with similar mark?

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Reply #1 - Feb 14th, 2014 at 2:35am
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I sure don't know, Joe but, you could always say it stands for the first name of a famous barrel maker if, you ever sell it Smiley

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Reply #2 - Feb 14th, 2014 at 12:10pm
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Hey Joe !!!

I'm going out on a limb and say the Barrel was marked for a "Hepburn" (duh) !!!

BTW; Is that the same Hepburn that you'd see in the background of all your pictures (back in the Day) ???
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Reply #3 - Feb 14th, 2014 at 12:23pm
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Not an "H" it's a sleeping "I" Wink
  
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Redwing wrote on Feb 14th, 2014 at 12:10pm:

Hey Joe !!!

I'm going out on a limb and say the Barrel was marked for a "Hepburn" (duh) !!!

BTW; Is that the same Hepburn that you'd see in the background of all your pictures (back in the Day) ???
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Sorta kinda thought maybe it stands for Hepburn.  Cheesy  But, it's the only mark I've ever seen on a Hepburn in that location.

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Reply #5 - Feb 14th, 2014 at 3:19pm
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The guy fitting that barrel to a rolling block screwed up the shank.  Since the Hepburn shank is shorter, but same dia. and thread, he stamped it with an H and sent it over to the Hepburn production line so they could salvage it.

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Reply #6 - Feb 14th, 2014 at 3:34pm
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Here I am, here I am Smiley

I like my idea best  Roll Eyes

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ssdave wrote on Feb 14th, 2014 at 3:19pm:
The guy fitting that barrel to a rolling block screwed up the shank.  Since the Hepburn shank is shorter, but same dia. and thread, he stamped it with an H and sent it over to the Hepburn production line so they could salvage it.

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BTW:  this is a totally uneducated speculation, no knowledge involved.




Elemental deduction at work.


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Reply #8 - Feb 14th, 2014 at 5:48pm
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Joe !!!

The letter look's to be raised and not depressed (stamped) !!!  Is that true ???

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Reply #9 - Feb 14th, 2014 at 7:50pm
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Don't see any mysterious H anywheres, but do have a E Rem & Sons Hepburn barrel stashed somewhere that has the name of a dealer/distributor with a Saginaw Michigan address that was nicely roll-marked back when.

  

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Reply #10 - Feb 14th, 2014 at 10:35pm
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Redwing wrote on Feb 14th, 2014 at 5:48pm:

Joe !!!

The letter look's to be raised and not depressed (stamped) !!!  Is that true ???

Ed..


It's a stamp. Sort of a queersome looking H too.

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