MOHR mfg. co. die set and holder

[Farrell]

Hello,

I thought I would take a moment to share a die set that I have never seen before. I also could not find much information on the set at all online. I only saw one instance on a forum where someone had a set like this.

I found it in a very old machinist box and it is like new.

Does anyone have any info on this die set? mainly I just wanted to show it off in case I came across something cool here.

thanks again

 

[The Cobbler]

That is one cool set!

 

[Farrell]

I thought so I have never seen anything like it.

 

[woody 73]

I seem to have a few somewhere:

Just a wild guess maybe this company?

http://www.illinoiscorporates.com/corp/253615.html

 

[Farrell]

That is probably the company, I just have never seen a die set like this before. Have you?

I wonder what it is worth, I was considering keeping it but if I can sell it to continue on my quest to finish my SK set that would be sweet.

thanks

 

[Farrell]

It is interesting to see that the company may have "disolved" or ended operations according to that link.

 

[ineedtools]

Just picked up an identical set for $24 off fleabay, don't see them too often, they are a quality set of American dies.

I think oxtoolco on youtube did a short vid on them a while back and said the holder doubles as the handle, he said since they're referenced by a set screw and pinned on opposite sides by two more and those are machine dimpled into the die itself.

The fit of the dies in the handle/holder is pretty tight but I'd still be a bit nervous using the 1/2" in it.

These dies will probably out live me and I only wish there was a matching metric set!