Antique "Ward" Scribe Tool Marking Gauge Wood

Antique "Ward" Scribe Tool Marking Gauge Wood   Marked “WARD” “W.H.” also inscribed on rod   Ward and Payne, Ltd., Limbrick Works, Hillsborough, Sheffield made many types of forged hand tools during its long existence Its 1953 Price List included "shears, secateurs, trowels, forks, cultivators, dibblers, hooks, hoes, rakes, spades, shovels, chisels, pliers, pincers, adzes, hatchets, choppers, augers, bits, drills, braces, try squares, levels, gauges, turnscrews, spokeshaves, saws, bradawls, punches, blades, planes, caulking irons, scrapers, plumb bobs, masons tools, hammers, pincers, needles, spanners, grips, calipers, vices, cramps, stops, compasses, dividers, ladles, mallets, wedges, knives, groovers, figure and letter marks, oil cans, glue pots." Earlier, they also made wood chisels, files, razors, axes, and washer cutters Their tools were labeled Ward & Payne or Ward, both with a traemark of 2 crossed hammers over an anvil   David Ward (about 1767-1822) founded the edge tool fo