Posted 12 years ago
railman
(30 items)
The Upham Double Diamond (1476 B) A very large impressive barb, from point to point it is 2". The two points on the right are bent forward and the two on the left, backward slightly. There are 3 barbs per 18". Patent #301,186. It was filed by Andrew J. Upham of Sterling, IL in July 1884.
Nice pics railman! Your choice of a black background really brings out the detail. Too bad Hagemeirer's book didn't look like this, but we understand the money and time of such would be.