b61-565 SIGHTING LEVEL. Ward & Bedworth. These levels, with tilting vial in the center, are very similar to, and often mistaken for, those that are usually marked O. Hanks patent, but was separately patented by Ward and Bedworth, of Mohawk, New York, in 1877, and is much less common. Unlike the Hanks design, it does not have a folding cover to protect the vial, and the sights are cast into the body. This is one of the nicer examples we've ever seen, with original green backed vial and 75% japanning. From the collection of Don Rosebrook. Good+ 100-200