Beautiful Old "Perfect Handle" Style Flat Head Screwdriver hunter Such a gorgeous thing

Such a gorgeous thing

10 1/2" from tip of handle to far tip of bristles (measured at an angle)

especially when they relate to baseball

dated 1869 at lower right

Very sturdy and sound

Beautiful Old "Perfect Handle" Style Flat Head Screwdriver hunter Such a gorgeous thingA beauty of a screwdriver, and a total joy to grip, with a perfectly shaped handle made heavy by the fact that the steel runs the entire length and breadth of it. And indeed, I believe this is what is known as a perfect handle screwdriver, which patented by H. D. Smith Co of Platsville, Connecticut in 1910 or so, but with many other makers to follow century. There is no mark on this one anywhere that I can find but based on the nails and the wood, I