Question about old Burke #4

[DavidAC]

Hi.
I have put up a picture of my #4, as you can see the height and forward/back handles come from the knee at 90 degrees where on all the other pictures of a 4, one appears to be offset.
Has anybody else seen one like this and does it date it to a particular range.
Thanks
David

 

[Benji]

You have a very old Burke, since it has the bronze bearings. It may even be "Pre-Burke" I blieve the company was called US Machine tool, or something like that, early on.
Here is a picture of a similar one on the Yahoo Burke site.
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/4881196/sn/1622681085/name/IMG_0157.jpg

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