For $0.65 I found a pair of slip-joint pliers made by the Hawkeye Wrench Co. of Marshalltown, Iowa. They are 6.3" long with a screwdriver tip on the end of one handle. The handles are plain with no patterns. Very little of the original plating remains.
The main product of the company was their double ended Alligator/Crocodile wrenches with three dies in the middle.
From an antique tool talk column in the Oroville Mercury-Register, regarding the Hawkeye Wrench Co: “[It was] Founded in 1904 by G.H. Ruth and L.R. Willard to make the Hawkeye combination alligator wrench and thread re-cutter, patented February 17, 1903 [720,554 by Charles Benesh]. Later production included the crocodile wrench, which added a screwdriver to the original design. The company appears to have ceased operation in 1923.”
The main product of the company was their double ended Alligator/Crocodile wrenches with three dies in the middle.
From an antique tool talk column in the Oroville Mercury-Register, regarding the Hawkeye Wrench Co: “[It was] Founded in 1904 by G.H. Ruth and L.R. Willard to make the Hawkeye combination alligator wrench and thread re-cutter, patented February 17, 1903 [720,554 by Charles Benesh]. Later production included the crocodile wrench, which added a screwdriver to the original design. The company appears to have ceased operation in 1923.”
