M.T & S snap ring pliers

[Oldtuleguy]

Anyone know this company? Just have this one set of c clip or retaing ring pliers. Marked M.T &S

 

[RTM]

Guessing here
Machine Tooling & Supply

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www.mtstn.com

Less likely Machinery Tooling & Supply

Home - MTS

www.mt-s.com

They joined up with another company ~2012 so that link may be dead, maybe here.

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mtsandtg.com

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Found another one on ebay . That one is additionally stamped van Nuys ca..

 

[Private Lugnutz]

M.T. & S might not be the OEM, OTG.

I think it's interesting how the grip is basically Vacuum-Grip suckers but triangular instead! Whoever the OEM is, I wonder if they made other types of pliers, and whether any had multiple rows of suckers.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Here they are with an fsp vacuum grip and a snapon vacuum grip. Look pretty close.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Agreed. Wouldn't take much to retool.

 

[Chrome Vanadium Cody]

After reading this thread I found one at a swap meet this weekend. Sadly ground down and missing a spring but the grips are sweet.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Would that swap meet happen to be in van nuys?

 

[Chrome Vanadium Cody]

Would that swap meet happen to be in van nuys?

Laney College swap meet in Oakland, so a stone's throw away. Wonder if they were ever distributed up here or if someone just relocated with it

 

[RTM]

Seeing as how a lot of water has gone under a lot of bridges since this tool was made, I tried guessing that T & S stood for "tool and supply", or "tool & service", and checking google books for those terms with "van nuys". Nothing yet, any other guesses (those that can not be used in polite company need not apply) as to what the T & S stood for?