1975 industry hardware week

[bcexplorer]

Found this neat little guy at the restore today.
Possibly a give away from canadian tire back when they sold husky? Too bad nobody i know, knows husky for anything other than the import junk they sell today. (Home Depot canada doesnt have the same stuff as the states i dont think. Here it is literally sub-walmart-tier)

 

[Richard Cranium]

neat find.

 

[Empty Pockets]

Maybe a souvenir or a promotional give away of some sort. Neat find in any event

 

[Zeeman]

I like that a lot. Let us know if you find out more.

 

[Advan]

Not much to find about that particular wrench. I did find an auction listing for the same item, and some info on the the AHMA site about the first industry hardware week. \


http://picclick.ca/Small-Commemorative-Wrench-1st-Hardware-Industry-Week-Husky-142120494561.html

http://www.ahma.org/index.asp?Page=Association/ahmaHistory.htm

I would assume Husky was a member of the AHMA back then, and made this up for the convention.


I also found this, made by New Britain, but obviously the same wrench, no? Were Husky and New Britain related somehow?

http://alloy-artifacts.org/newbritain-nonebetter.html

 

[Advan]

Nevermind, just read that Husky was a brand of New Britain's in the '30's.