Anybody else into Harrold Tools?

[bonneyman]

Got interested in Harrold tools for personal reasons. I have found three screwdrivers in 4 years of looking. Steel isn't bad, handles are decent. I know they also made pliers, but I've never come across one in the wild.

Here's some info on the company:http://wiki.vintagemachinery.org/CrescentHistory.ashx

Anybody else got Harrold tools they'd like to show us?

 

[bill300d]

Got interested in Harrold tools for personal reasons. I have found three screwdrivers in 4 years of looking. Steel isn't bad, handles are decent. I know they also made pliers, but I've never come across one in the wild.

Here's some info on the company:http://wiki.vintagemachinery.org/CrescentHistory.ashx

Anybody else got Harrold tools they'd like to show us?

I've got a couple. Let me see if I can find some pics.

 

[woody 73]

I would kill for one of there old woodworking machines...great story thanks for sharing it I learn something new everyday on the GJ.

 

[bill300d]

I could only find pics of this one. 1/8 x 8 in. I'm sure i have a couple more pieces somewhere. If I can find them I'll post them up.

 

[bonneyman]

I could only find pics of this one. 1/8 x 8 in. I'm sure i have a couple more pieces somewhere. If I can find them I'll post them up.

I like blue handles!

 

[Plombob]

I have a couple of their screwdrivers. They are well made. The first screwdriver I got was the first free tool I was given as a kid. I was about 9, and spending the summer at my uncle's campground. A camper and his son who was about my age went to get some firewood from an old stump. I saw them get their firewood and leave a hammer and a screwdriver behind. I grabbed the tools and ran up to them. When I tried to give them back, the dad said: "You can keep them. I work for the government and get tools for free."

 

[markbugno]

I once had a 6" adjustable wrench made by them.


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[FullRaceMerc]

Growing up I used Harold's tools all the time.

My dad's name is Harold.



Now I gotta go find a Harrold tool for him. He'll get a kick out of that. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[StillTooManyHobbies]

I finally took a picture of my 40+ year old Harrold pliers. I still have them because they were my first pliers. I still use them just because I can.

 

[bonneyman]

Cool!

 

[Makattak81]

I've had these two for awhile, haven't seen other Harrold tools around here.

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[bonneyman]

Awesome adjustable's! Love the elongated hanging hole.

 

[Duct Tape Man]

Found this in with my vintage tool stash. Small slip-joint, angled head pliers. Very simple but well made.

 

[Rare Visitor]

Duct Tape Man, I rescued the same tool just a few days ago in a box of things a friend was recycling. Do you know if this particular tool is the only one Harrold made using the plain triangle mark? Every Harrold tool I've found has a circular mark, though they did use a more ornate triangle mark at an earlier time:

https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZB...EIKDAD#v=onepage&q=harrold tools mark&f=false

 

[bonneyman]

FYI, in case anybody wants to sell their Harrold tools, there's a lady over at Papaw's site who is the great great granddaughter of the company founder. And she's looking to buy Harrold tools for their sentimental value.

 

[bonneyman]

Found my first pair of Harrolds pliers today. 50 cents.

 

[d42jeep]

Here is my only Harrold tool. A pair of pliers I found at an estate sale in February.
-Don

 

[Bockscar]

Picked these up at an auction.....they are my go to needle nose.....absolutely love them

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[bonneyman]

Picked these up at an auction.....they are my go to needle nose.....absolutely love them

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They look nice.

 

[bonneyman]

Found two more pairs of pliers recently in a lot of tools.

 

[bonneyman]

Came across a Harrold standard tip driver yesterday with hex shank collar. But the handle was bent and cracked so didn't grab it. Long sucker, too, probably 12" shank.

 

[switchman]

i have a pair just like those.

 

[Mick56]

15" long pry bar/ seal remover.

 

[bonneyman]

15" long pry bar/ seal remover.

Wow!

I'm really glad I started this thread. Never knew Harrold did so many tools. Thanks for helping me learn something, guys.

 

[Y00PER]

Found these recently at a garage sale, along with 6" Diamond Horseshoe slip joint pliers for $1

 

[HeelSpur]

Wood handle Harrold.

DSCF2163 by wvwheaties, on Flickr

upsidedown but it says Harrold.

DSCF2164 by wvwheaties, on Flickr

 

[Sgtboz]

just picked up an 18" lady slipper bar at the flea. stamping says harrold usa. bar is in good shape, not abused but i've seen stouter ones made. I dont want to admit to how many pry bars i own but seen the harrold name and had to have it for 2 bucks. i'd never heard of the brand before. love those amber handled screwdrivers though.

 

[bonneyman]

Cool!

 

[LesserSon]

Thought this thread could use a bump. These pliers - often lacking recognizeable branding - show up pretty often in my experience. With their function-over-refinement looks, I ignored them for a long time. The occasional parrot-beak versions finally got my attention, and I did enough online research to discover they were manufactured by Harrold Tool & Forge of Columbiana OH. Also noted they were the OEM for Sears Happi-Time kids tool sets (pliers, at least). Often cad-plated, they are not the most attractive items on a flea market table, but they do have a certain plain, utilitarian, no-nonsense appeal. There are several versons of a logo, but I still have not committed to collecting them. Despite having a few pairs, I really only have two versions - circular and triangular.
The crossed-H has been described by some as resembling the top of a utility pole.
Maybe the most attractive element is the forged grip-pattern. While variable, there is a basic, distinctive quality to its raised, basket-weave cross-hatch, sometimes embellished with a big, central H.

 

[LesserSon]

Thought so: here’s a better Happi-Time slipjoints, and a parrot-beak, which sports a different grip pattern.
Re-reading what I could find online, Harrold T&F was founded by Samuel and Albert Harrold, brothers of Elmer Harrold, who (with two partners) founded Crescent Machine Company, a manufacturer of woodworking machinery (as linked in post#1).
I would like to see more documentation of Tool & Forge, if anyone has access to it. Linking these intriguing pliers to the more standard-looking adj wrenches with “Harrold’s” on the handle deserves a bit more rigor than noting the double-”r” spelling of the name.

 

[Ricky Joe]

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[jalaclair2484]

My harrold obsession lol

 

[bonneyman]

My harrold obsession lol

They have a pill for that. It's called "Get More"!

 

[jalaclair2484]

Collection is growing lol

 

[WoodsTruck]

I had a pair from who knows where. I needed a tool to remove the center of a plastic push dart, so I put a couple notches in the tips. They still function as pliers, but the notches work awesome. Don't shoot me.

 

[FullRaceMerc]

I had a pair from who knows where. I needed a tool to remove the center of a plastic push dart, so I put a couple notches in the tips. They still function as pliers, but the notches work awesome. Don't shoot me.

No shooting from here. I,m no expert, but I always think tools are built to do a job. A working tool sometimes needs to be modified to do the job better. Imho working tools are different than museum pieces, but even museum pieces that were modified by original users are sometimes more interesting than the preserved originals.

 

[d42jeep]

Just because of this thread, I picked up a pair of pliers today.
-Don

 

[Dusan]

Dnes zachranene pred reciklaciou. Úžasné je to že som ich našiel na druhom konci sveta.

 

[LesserSon]

Dnes zachranene pred reciklaciou. Úžasné je to že som ich našiel na druhom konci sveta.

Šťastné kliešte, nájsť priateľský domov ďaleko od ich narodenia.

 

[d42jeep]

I’m not sure that the longnoses are Harrold but there isn’t much doubt about the #2 Phillips screwdriver.
-Don