The following are screwdriver examples which I would like to purchase or borrow for study and photographing:

FOREST CITY SCREWDRIVER CO. / PAT APRIL 16, 1895:

The maker marks on this tool usually appear around the upper and lower ends of the shifter barrel inside a zig-zag band. On some models there is no maker mark. This sprial/ratchet screwdriver looks quite similar to early models of NORTH BROTHERS MANUFACTURING CO. "YANKEE" No. 30 The handle is a different shape, it may have one or two shifters on opposite sides of barrel and the chuck may or many not be spring-loaded.

FOREST CITY SCREWDRIVER CO. / PAT APRIL 16, 1895:

The maker marks on this tool usually appear around the upper and lower ends of the shifter barrel inside a zig-zag band.

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· MALLETT & CO. / AUGUSTA MAINE

There may be no maker marks on this tool.

FURBISH & HAMLEN, AUGUSTA, ME. / M'F'R'S OF THE MAINE SCREWDRIVER" THE MAINE SCREWDRIVER:OREST CITY SCREWDRIVER CO. / PAT APRIL 16, 1895:

There may be no maker marks on this tool.

FOREST CITY SCREWDRIVER CO.\
This automatic drill probably looks very similar to the NORTH BROTHERS MANUFACTURING CO. (YANKEE) No. 40.

S. F. BOWSER & CO. / PAT. APPD. / FT. WAYNE, IND.:

There are four different models which bear inscriptions similar to this. I am particularly interested the model which has a single spiral (clockwise only).

EUREKA IMPROVED / PAT. MAR. 4 - 1890 / DECATUR COFFIN CO. / DECATUR IL.:

This is similar to the other Decatur Coffin Co. screwdrivers but utilizes a socket/chuck for interchangeable screwdriver tips(clockwise only).

H. MUELLER MFG. CO. / DECATUR, ILL. / PAT. . JULY 30, 1889:
Most H. Mueller spiral screwdrivers which you will see follow closely the basic conventional patterns of other makers and do not resemble the patent illustration at all. This illustration is of an earlier model in the style of an Archimedian drill which does resemble the patent (exposed shaft with sliding handle which houses the clutch mechanism).
THE L. S. STARRETT CO. / ATHOL, MASS. U.S.A./ NO. 801 / PAT. APPLIED FOR:

There are two models of this screwdriver - with a return spring and without a return spring.

ELLRICH HARDWARE MFG. CO. / PLANTSVILLE, CONN. / PAT. APPLD. FOR:

Single spiral, RH only, replaceable tip, rosewood handle.

· PAT APR 16-1889 / PAT APP'D FOR:

This may be the only marking or may have other markings related to Gilbert T. Sutterly, Philadelphia.

· PAT APR 16-1889 / PAT APP'D FOR:

This is another form of the Sutterly patent above. This may be the only marking or may have other markings related to Gilbert T. Sutterly, Philadelphia.

UNIVERSAL TOOL CO. / GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. / UTCO. / PATD. DEC. 13, 1892 / PAT APD FOR.

I would appreciate hearing from you via e-mail if you have one of these or any other unusual or early spiral screwdrivers.

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