Pressman
04-12-2014, 05:10 PM
The question is are his barrels marked with serial numbers, assembly numbers or anything that would indicate a year when made. I understand he put his name on each but what about a number?
Reason being is the Red Head presses that he made are marked with the year of production and a serial number for that year. But, a variation has been identified in the very early presses. We are trying to determine if all Red Heads made by Johnson were marked or if he started some time, maybe a short time, after taking over production. Currently I have an unmarked press with the variation and a 1943 press with the change. 1943 seems to be the earliest year for marked presses.
Ken
Reason being is the Red Head presses that he made are marked with the year of production and a serial number for that year. But, a variation has been identified in the very early presses. We are trying to determine if all Red Heads made by Johnson were marked or if he started some time, maybe a short time, after taking over production. Currently I have an unmarked press with the variation and a 1943 press with the change. 1943 seems to be the earliest year for marked presses.
Ken