I also remembered a recent thread on spoke head markings and had trouble locating it. The search engine for the Archive seems quirky. I found the thread by searching on "spoke heads", but not "spoke head". Here is my spoke head id guide, gleaned mostly from the CR List:
Spoke Head Markings Mark Brand Country Comment DT DT Swiss Switzerland U Union Germany R (Reversed) Redaelli Italy A Alpina Italy Y Prym Germany E Trois Etoiles France Robergel Crescent Robergel France Clover Berg-Union Switzerland Star Stella Italy W Wolber? W? Wheelsmith? USA Since 1984 P ? Three stars Trois Etoiles France Robergel Three dots Cross (+) Torrington USA (Connecticut) A Asahi Japan H Hoshi Japan SAP Sapim Belgium on the elbow T in shield ?
John Hurley Austin, Texas, USA
Original message: From: Greg Reiche <shop(AT)cyclart.com> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:21:57 -0500 Subject: [CR] Spoke head ID <http://search.bikelist.org/query.asp?SearchString=%22Spoke+head+ID%22&S earchPrefix=%40msgsubject&SortBy=MsgDate%5Ba%5D>
List:
I thought I remembered a thread about spoke head stamps, but couldn't find one in the archive (Maybe I used the wrong search words?)
So remind me: What spoke brand was stamped with a three-pointed star (like a Mercedes-Benz hood ornament)? I'm looking at them on an early sixties Frejus I'm building, and wondering if they're likely original.
Greg Reiche
CyclArt
Vista, CA USA