woody 73
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This post story has been fun from the start when I talked to them over the phone the Man was so excited that he yelled in somewhat broken English "yes, yes, yes we are all 100% all made in AMERICA". Now this story was very fun for me because of a Tool connection that I did this week on another company that I posted in the vintage tool section more about that in a second.
The C. S. Osborne & Co. got their start back in 1826, in New Jersey, (today they are located in Harrison, N.J.) they specialize in upholstery and leather tools, but they make Arch & hollow punches, bearing scrapers, chisels, cutters, hammers, knives, mallets and other tools, be sure and look at the link to see what else they make.
If you followed my post this week and you were reading the one I wrote called WM. Johnson Tools in the vintage section you were able to see two things that stood out in that post; (1) The C.S. Osborne & Co. bought out the WM Johnson Co in 1938 and just kept making their tools only stamping them with their name and; (2) The two Johnson tools are the very same tools that you can still buy today but only with a different company name stamped on them.
So if you are looking at the following pictures and you are seeing a different name stamped on them you will now understand the connection between the two companies.
http://www.csosborne.com/index.htm
The C. S. Osborne & Co. got their start back in 1826, in New Jersey, (today they are located in Harrison, N.J.) they specialize in upholstery and leather tools, but they make Arch & hollow punches, bearing scrapers, chisels, cutters, hammers, knives, mallets and other tools, be sure and look at the link to see what else they make.
If you followed my post this week and you were reading the one I wrote called WM. Johnson Tools in the vintage section you were able to see two things that stood out in that post; (1) The C.S. Osborne & Co. bought out the WM Johnson Co in 1938 and just kept making their tools only stamping them with their name and; (2) The two Johnson tools are the very same tools that you can still buy today but only with a different company name stamped on them.
So if you are looking at the following pictures and you are seeing a different name stamped on them you will now understand the connection between the two companies.
http://www.csosborne.com/index.htm
