Stanley "Standard" Line of tools.

Sometimes I think I am cursed, oh sure I like playing Sherlock Holmes in finding out new tool information; but rather funny because I can remember seeing tool pictures and reading little tool blurbs from many years ago.

On the other hand I am cursed because I can not remember simple things, take yesterday for example when I ran into a neighbor and my mind went blank. I had to ask my wife what was his name and my wife just rolled her eyes and made some sounds like "Woody you should know his name"...Then she starts telling me that is Mr. Gomez Adams along with his wife Morticia, their two children Pugsley, and Wednesday Friday. They share their home with Uncle Fester, Grandma Adams, thing, Cousin It and there driver Lurch.

Oh and " Woody their Family pets are Kitty Kat, Homer, Zelda, Aristotle, Cleopatra, Tristan and Isolde". I just say thank you and roll my eyes only to forget in a short time...

Getting back to the story at hand I remember seeing the name "Standard" from Stanley from several years ago and last night I found it in the 1949 Stanley tool edition on page 137.

So without further ado pictures and one link for you on this nice Sunday afternoon.

https://archive.org/stream/StanleyToolsCatalogNo.34/Stanley0001#page/n159/mode/2up

This subject came up a couple of years ago amongst the WW2 tool collectors. I found a couple of examples of Standard hammers and Tin Medic provided a page from his 1941 Stanley catalog showing that they were offering both Stanley and Standard marked hammers.
-Don

d42jeep did that story come up on the GJ ? The reason I ask is because my search did not yield much information.

Some of us also hang out on the tool forum of G503.com. The names may be different but the the cast of characters will be familiar.

http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=255043&p=1492968&hilit=Stanley+standard#p1492968

-Don

Wow fantastic right on the money as they say. I tried several different searches but came up empty.

I learn something new everyday...

I have a 5" Swivel vise with the "Standard" name on it. It looks to be made by Columbian. Do you think it was from the Stanley line?

Brian

Brian,
I did a quick check of the '58 catalog but all of the vises were branded Stanley.
-Don

Sad story but a few days ago I went to an Estate sale and I was told the owner had passed way. It seemed like a wild pack of dogs had descended on her place and tore apart everything in search of buying it all up.

Low and behold I found this lovely little gem full of rust and just needing a little tender loving care so it came home with me and after the rust came off it was non other then a Stanley standard hammer...