I took one of my old types and looked closely at it after I took it apart and cleaned it:
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Looks like layout marks (?), but what's with the stamped '2'? It's hard to get a good picture of it, but it is a 2 and that isn't rust, it's brassing, I do believe.
-jim
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Looks like layout marks (?), but what's with the stamped '2'? It's hard to get a good picture of it, but it is a 2 and that isn't rust, it's brassing, I do believe.
-jim