Blanks
I'll go further by saying that some of these remote locations may have received "blanks".
By that I mean they received unmarked tools and dies from Ideal by request. Why would Ideal care? They are still making money with every sale and there is no patent infringement since the blank would still be stamped with the company logo.
Same thing happened with Major Distributors receiving spare parts made by Smith&Wesson. Clearly listed in old catalogs. They would replace them, refinish them, change calibers, barrels, engrave, case them. I don't think the clerk did that. Maybe a machinist?? I think that's obvious.
I have seen and have unmarked dies. How can a die leave the factory unmarked? Doesn't make much sense to me unless it was done on purpose.
These blanks provided machinists with the ability to fabricate any caliber for individual customer needs.
There is so much existing evidence that this took place it would be easy to present with an accurate survey taken.
Tools that have the caliber stamped off center or under the original caliber. In some cases way off center in lieu of the original caliber being removed and replaced with a special order caliber.
If the machinist was good you could claim the tool is factory original but the historical truth is it may have been professionally fabricated from a blank by a remote machinist to look and function like a factory original in lieu of a special order from a client who would purchase only the finest product.
Murph
I'll go further by saying that some of these remote locations may have received "blanks".
By that I mean they received unmarked tools and dies from Ideal by request. Why would Ideal care? They are still making money with every sale and there is no patent infringement since the blank would still be stamped with the company logo.
Same thing happened with Major Distributors receiving spare parts made by Smith&Wesson. Clearly listed in old catalogs. They would replace them, refinish them, change calibers, barrels, engrave, case them. I don't think the clerk did that. Maybe a machinist?? I think that's obvious.
I have seen and have unmarked dies. How can a die leave the factory unmarked? Doesn't make much sense to me unless it was done on purpose.
These blanks provided machinists with the ability to fabricate any caliber for individual customer needs.
There is so much existing evidence that this took place it would be easy to present with an accurate survey taken.
Tools that have the caliber stamped off center or under the original caliber. In some cases way off center in lieu of the original caliber being removed and replaced with a special order caliber.
If the machinist was good you could claim the tool is factory original but the historical truth is it may have been professionally fabricated from a blank by a remote machinist to look and function like a factory original in lieu of a special order from a client who would purchase only the finest product.
Murph
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