Old G-Clamp - any idea on history?

ThisIsWeird

Hi all.

Clearing out t'garage, and came across an old Record, drop-forged, 121-12" G-Clamp, which I was about to put on Facebook.

Curious about the added stamps/engravings; it has 'Shirecliffe', 'Jubilee' and a 'crown' symbol (can be seen in main pic).

That suggests a Sheffield link, but I have no idea.

Also no idea what it's worth - is it a £enner, or are they 'different' somehow? A Google seems to come up with some seriously weird and crazy prices (see link below).

https://www.google.com/search?q=record+g+clamp+121+12"+drop+forged&client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=a8b1485e4aab9472&sca_upv=1&bih=684&biw=1536&hl=en&ei=-iNLZq-5GvyrhbIPpPuv0Aw&ved=0ahUKEwivnvDtgJyGAxX8VUEAHaT9C8oQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=record+g+clamp+121+12"+drop+forged&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiInJlY29yZCBnIGNsYW1wIDEyMSAxMiIgZHJvcCBmb3JnZWQyBRAhGKABSK8yUPkGWJswcAF4AZABAJgBhAGgAfIKqgEDOC42uAEDyAEA-AEBmAIPoALBC8ICChAAGLADGNYEGEfCAggQABiABBiiBMICBxAhGKABGAqYAwCIBgGQBgOSBwM4LjegB-Mh&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Thanks.

twopenny

Can't help.
I'm waiting with interest because I have my grandfather's oil can, barely red now. It's hung up for the memory.

But you know if you sell or ditch it it will be just what you need the week after 

daveyjp

Record were formed in Sheffield and Shirecliffe is an area of the city.

A Crown often symbolises it was supplied for use by a Government department.

Eldi_Dos

If it was supplied to a government department the colour might help narrow it down.

Section62

Eldi_Dos said:

If it was supplied to a government department the colour might help narrow it down.

Some government departments had such large purchasing requirements the manufacturers would make bespoke tools for them. Somewhere I've got an ex-GPO hand drill, which is like the standard manufacturer's model with a couple of tweaks.

AIUI Record make/made a heavy duty version of their g-clamps which were painted red rather than blue.  But the addition of the crown suggests this one is more than just a heavy duty variant.

If I were to guess, the paint colour and the shape of the crown might suggest this is a GPO tool as well.

theoretica

Looking at sold 121 clamps on ebay, the going rate seems to be £25 - 40, several red, no other crowns that I noticed.