Mill lever marking

[BMG50]

I have a 36 Mills lever marked D.H.S anyone know the maker.

 

[Millsman]

Is it a clear marking ? I know OMS but not DHS. Snufkin may have the answer though?

John

 

[millsbomber]

DHS Marked lever Dave

 

[BMG50]

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DHS Marked lever Dave

That's the one D.H.S

 

[Burney Davis]

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DHS Marked lever Dave

That 'D' looks like a 'b' to me.

 

[BMG50]

Anyone know who made it?

 

[millsbomber]

Should have gone to spec savers,,,,,, Dave

 

[Burney Davis]

Should have gone to spec savers,,,,,, Dave

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I didn't know they made them in gold as well Dave! :top:

D

 

[BMG50]

So D.H.S is ?

 

[Millsman]

The only thing I could find was a DHS engineering in Sussex in 1953. There are a few around now but that was the only one I could place in the Mills 36 era.

John

 

[BMG50]

Thanks for that. I am looking for a Kendrick lever for my mils as a replacement.

 

[siegfreid]

DHS is actually not a particularly rare mark on No36 levers . It's most likely David Hollander & Sons of Birmingham . They usually made flat ware [knives & spoons etc] so were ideally set up to produce the levers during WW2 for use by other manufacturers who would have made the bodies etc.

 

[BMG50]

Thanks Mike for that.