Rushton Maker Badges

[Handplaned]

Greetings! I've been doing some research on Rushton through the years, and I'm interested in the different versions of maker badges/plaques that were used on the boats.
Is there any documentation someone can point me to, or any insight on how/when they changed?

I have seen a boat identified as an Ugo with a circular hole in the deck cap that was for holding a badge or emblem, but I can't seem to find reference to one.

Thank you for any help!

Jason

 

[Dan Miller]

Take a look here: https://woodencanoemuseum.org/decals?tid[]=14

 

[Michael Grace]

Dan's Wooden Canoe Museum (WCM, above) is a great resource The canoe you saw almost certainly had the one I call the "monogram" badge with "JHR" at its center, shown on the WCM page linked above. To my knowledge it is the only one inset into the deck, and it is circular. I have one of these (on a canoe) but it is far away. I believe the badge is 2" in diameter.

 

[Handplaned]

Oh, that's it! The screw holes make sense with the hole location and all. The hole is 1.5". That gives me a date range to look in catalogs too.

Thank you so much!

Now what are the chances of finding one of those badges for sale?

 

[MGC]

Now what are the chances of finding one of those badges for sale?

Pretty poor.....

 

[Dan Miller]

You might also want to have a look at my article "Poems in Cedar: Rushton Canoes of the Finest Kind" which appeared in Wooden Canoe issues 167 and 168 (October and December 2011). Back issues of Wooden Canoe are available on the WCHA website (https://www.woodencanoe.org/) in the members area.

 

[Michael Grace]

I've never seen one for sale except with a canoe attached to it... and even that is a very rare thing.

Screw holes? There should be no mounting screws with this nameplate, and shown in MGC's photo above.

 

[Dan Miller]

Screw holes? There should be no mounting screws with this nameplate, and shown in MGC's photo above.

The Folsom Arms badge is round and held with screws. Perhaps that was what was on it.