And Harvey, its not your eyes, the script really does look like "Was". I believe these nice pedals were made up into the 1970s, but I have no idea when production started. They are not common in the US in my experience.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Was Pedals. Really is: Was? (Brand) Pedals.
> That would be the Italian firm of Way Assauto. They were/are a large
> general industrial firm, named after Luigi Way and Alberto Assauto, and
> located in Turin (Torino). They also produced headsets, bottom brackets,
> and hubs.
>
> Aldo Ross
> Blue Ball, Ohio
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "HM & SS Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
> To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 6:46 PM
> Subject: [CR]Was Pedals. Really is: Was? (Brand) Pedals.
>
>
> > According to the lovely Speedplay virtual pedal museum
> > <http://www.speedplay.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.history>, my pre-War
> > Paramount oughtta get Torrington #4 pedals. Fat chance of finding
those.
> >
> > Somewhere, sometime, I did snag some lovely quill pedals that look like
> > everything else of the vintage. On the barrel it says "Was" in script
> > (although I'm really guessing about the s) surrounded by a double oval.
> >
> > Anyone know anything about this brand? Shafts are stamped "D" and "S"
so
> > I don't think it is US or English (duh!). Threads are > 14 mm, so
probably
> > not French for French bikes. Threading is short for steel cranks, not
> > aluminum. I would think Lyotard, but the assembly looks a lot better,
and
> > the lovely rounded-top hex caps are much nicer than I've ever seen on
that
> > distinguished (extinguished?) Marque.
> >
> > Now, don't any of you smart fellows tell me to search for "was" in the
> > archives, eh? :-)
> >
> > thanks!
> > harvey sachs
> > mcLean va
> > PS: I am open to offers of age-appropriate toe clips, long (or even
> > medium), for a '38 Paramount. Does not have to be NOS - I don't have
> > patience to search for hen's teeth.