Found my newest favorite Soldering gun

[DrGonz78]

I just unearthed this from my grandfather’s stash. I already have a big 200 watt iron but this one is very unique. Just think of the high skilled welding it took to angle the iron casing. I looked up some google searches but I found nothing exactly like this one. I might have to find something to try it on just to see how it works. I would think it being angled must be ergonomically good while soldering. And if I ever get mad at some surface mounted board I can test it on that too.

Edit: I am almost 100% certain that it is an American Beauty type, just not sure model number.

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I am almost 100% certain that it is an American Beauty type, just not sure model number.

3125E-75 looks quite close and probably the modern version.

[DrGonz78]

Yup I saw that one but the only vintage version was on an old American Beauty catalog. I was thinking I would see other vintage ones. Probably made a lot less of these model irons.