EMCO lineman's pliers

mtds · Jan 31, 2017

I haven't been able to find out anything about these 8-1/4" lineman's pliers except that EMCO might have been Empire Mfg. Co. I searched here, A-A, 'Bay, PaPaw's, and a general Google search. They are decent quality, not as well-finished as a similar pair of Protos and an old red-handled, smaller pair of Kleins, but he weight/bulk/proportions are comparable. Anything in the collective knowledge bank here?

bill300d · Jan 31, 2017

I don't know who or what EMCO is but those pliers much like the Proto's have a J P Danielson look to them.

woody 73 · Feb 1, 2017

Very interesting a quick search did not give me any information.

four.cycle · Nov 11, 2023

Emco / Emco, New York, NY see Eric Mellgren Co., Ltd. / http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=351862 /

Mellgren / Eric Mellgren & Co., Ltd., 205 W. 14th St., New York, New York / "EMCO" brand / products outsourced from Sweden: Bolinder mincer, SSA razor, others /

1919 Hardware Age Eric Mellgren & Co. EMCO ad pp 56

1920 Hardware Age Eric Mellgren & Co. EMCO ad pp 21.jpg

1920 Hardware Age Eric Mellgren & Co. EMCO ad pp 21

Because... you know... there's nothing quite like Swedish metal

four.cycle · Nov 11, 2023

AA said:
"Eric Mellgren appears to be based in Gothenburg with a New York City office -- do you know if the EMCO logo was registered as an American trademark?..."

Mark Stansbury · Nov 12, 2023

Here are those ads on the International Tool Catalog Library.

Eric Mellgren is mentioned in Hardware Age on Archive.org from 12/19/1918 to 10/27/1921. There's no suggestion as to what happened to the business. The deflationary recession hit then, and left businesses with inventory they couldn't profitably sell.

Here's Mellgren's naturalization petition with biographical info.

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