Utica Tools display cabinet

[LesserSon]

No, I don’t, Don. I have some similar Wilde/Craftsman ones, but not Utica. I like that they have the indented diamonds grips.

 

[d42jeep]

No, I don’t, Don. I have some similar Wilde/Craftsman ones, but not Utica. I like that they have the indented diamonds grips.

I would be happy to trade them for a tool to be named later. Are you still on South 17th?
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Snagged this wartime Signal Corps TL-107 on Saturday. At first I thought it was just extremely dark natural steel finish, but now I am thinking it may have been parkerized.

 

[LesserSon]

This thread needs another bounce, so here are three examples of the same model pliers - 511-6. I’m swapping the oldest (and most recently-acquired) into my display cabinet.
I take the top to be the most recent (USA), the bottom oldest (UTICA NY. USA). The top ones are also about half an ounce heavier than the other two, and the bottom ones have the narrowest-guage Utica-improved Button’s patent wire-cutting notches. All three have similar depressed-diamonds grips, though the exact execution is not identical.

 

[LesserSon]

Those tool boards are from after the formation of Triangle. 1967 or later. Best guess, circa 1977.

HERE is a link to view/download the catalog that shows the tools.

 

[LesserSon]

My son & I were out today, and stopped into an antiques shop. Walking around, this Utica Tool Plier Retail Display Chest made by American Art Works caught my attention. It has some rust issues, and like everything was priced higher than I’d like, but not $500, like the one thehorse13 posted in 2020. I thought of all my Utica dupes languishing in bins, and decided it had to come home. Here are some post-liberation shots.

 

[thehorse13]

My son & I were out today, and stopped into an antiques shop. Walking around, this caught my attention. It has some rust issues, and like everything was priced higher than I’d like, but not $500, like the one thehorse13 posted in 2020. I thought of all my Utica dupes languishing in bins, and decided it had to come home. Here are some post-liberation shots.




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That's a fine haul. The one I saw is still sitting at the same booth to this day.

 

[d42jeep]

My son & I were out today, and stopped into an antiques shop. Walking around, this caught my attention. It has some rust issues, and like everything was priced higher than I’d like, but not $500, like the one thehorse13 posted in 2020. I thought of all my Utica dupes languishing in bins, and decided it had to come home. Here are some post-liberation shots.




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Congratulations. It couldn’t have found a more appropriate home.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Terrific cabinet, LS. One of my Billings boards came from the same place.