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1. 
   chipsawdust | Nov 13, 2019 05:30pm | #1

   I found info on Etna Tool and Die company, is that the correct spelling? I can't tell from your pictures.

   https://nypost.com/2018/12/23/etna-tool-and-die-in-danger-after-100-year-old-owner-dies/

   https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/nyregion/etna-tool-die-noho-real-estate.html

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   user-7529300 | Nov 13, 2019 07:31pm | #2

   Here is a close up.

   
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   chipsawdust | Nov 14, 2019 12:43pm | #3

   It must be old; all I can find is something about Aetna Iron and Steel company in Bridgeport, OH. That was back in the 1890s...

   https://books.google.com/books?id=1H667NtX2WIC&pg=RA24-PA23&lpg=RA24-PA23&dq=Aetna+Iron+and+Steel+company,+Bridgeport,+OH&source=bl&ots=KkmfAZ1adw&sig=ACfU3U3Z8KptHS8uyTjZRdAX0XClb6w1Cg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjH3ebon-rlAhVFnuAKHb3PDx0Q6AEwAnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Aetna%20Iron%20and%20Steel%20company%2C%20Bridgeport%2C%20OH&f=false

   and this one

   https://books.google.com/books?id=u0FgyWc_xcAC&pg=RA14-PA671&lpg=RA14-PA671&dq=Aetna+Iron+and+Steel+company,+Bridgeport,+OH&source=bl&ots=65fL2z0ap7&sig=ACfU3U3GNFmEqww2QC2Hxyr9YK2-pH6nWA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjH3ebon-rlAhVFnuAKHb3PDx0Q6AEwAHoECAIQAQ#v=onepage&q=Aetna%20Iron%20and%20Steel%20company%2C%20Bridgeport%2C%20OH&f=false

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   user-7529300 | Nov 14, 2019 01:03pm | #4

   Looks like Aetna Iron & Steel should be associated in some way.
   So I might be ripping away with a 130 year old Ohio rip saw in my Michigan garage.

5. 
   chipsawdust | Nov 20, 2019 04:22pm | #5

   ...which is kinda cool right? I have some 100 year old hand planes and sometimes I can sense the leathered hands of previous craftsmen working wood "back in the day" (or at least I imagine I do).