Old hand plane.
The text on the steel says: “Erik Anton Berg Eskiltuna Sweden Garanti” Erik Anton Berg, born on March 30, 1856, in Eskilstuna, and passed away there on August 28, 1903, was a Swedish manufacturer and founder of E. A. Bergs Fabriks.
At the age of 11, Erik Anton Berg became an apprentice with Carl Viktor Heljestrand, and by 1880 he had started his own smithy for knife production.
Berg’s steel and tool company grew rapidly and, after fifteen years, had 60 employees. It was then named E. A. Bergs Fabriks Aktiebolag and manufactured straight razors, cobbler knives, daggers, pliers, chisels, and plane irons. The company used the image of a fish as its trademark. The exact year the shark was adopted as a symbol is unclear, but various fish adorned the packaging for razors from the beginning, with at least eleven different variations known. Later, the trademark was refined to depict a shark. Swedish sailors spread the brand, which gained a strong reputation primarily for its straight razors.
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