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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
The point, as I see it, is to discover what the roll die at Turnbull's was used for or on.
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I think it's "intended" use will remain highly speculative, in as much, as no one has ever seen it so used, on a top rib or anywhere else.
Unless Brian can get Doug to further enlighten us on the die's origin, and it's creator's intention, Finding some correlation in the use of the full spelling of Brothers, with respect to a time period, or grade use, may turn out to be the only thing that might lend some idea of it's intended use. If Brian could get Doug to let him take the die, examine it's font and compare it to known fonts used on top ribs, it maight at least give some clue. It may have just been a customer's special order request, used on one gun. I'm not holding my breath for a definitive answer, and think it will go down as one more of many unexplained Parker marking anomalies.
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