Nismosonic
Well-Known Member
Got a Gibbons patent no 23 MK 2 at Militaria fair yesterday, for a 2 figure sum too.
There’s not really much about them on the net, anyone know any history?
The spring is quite readable, better than it looks in pic, says “ Gibbons Patent Applied For 15094/16”
there is plenty of dark paint on body, and remains of white paint on body and lever.
There is no centre tube, however I noticed that the filler screw hole has a thread in it, so I assume these bodies, plugs, levers and pins were pulled off production to be made up into Gibbons trainers?
So who was Mr Gibbon? I wonder what Mr Mills thought about him altering his design and applying a new patent to it!! ?
Oh, I do a lot of car booting, and at them over last 2 years or so I’ve picked up a Mills Golf Putter marked W Mills, Sunderland, and a W Mills shooting stick, I believe it’s the same person?
There’s not really much about them on the net, anyone know any history?
The spring is quite readable, better than it looks in pic, says “ Gibbons Patent Applied For 15094/16”
there is plenty of dark paint on body, and remains of white paint on body and lever.
There is no centre tube, however I noticed that the filler screw hole has a thread in it, so I assume these bodies, plugs, levers and pins were pulled off production to be made up into Gibbons trainers?
So who was Mr Gibbon? I wonder what Mr Mills thought about him altering his design and applying a new patent to it!! ?
Oh, I do a lot of car booting, and at them over last 2 years or so I’ve picked up a Mills Golf Putter marked W Mills, Sunderland, and a W Mills shooting stick, I believe it’s the same person?