Old logo ID markings guide

[d42jeep]

This logo has cropped up a couple of times lately and it was suggested that I post my Litton Pocket Socket set here.
-Don

Edit.… More recent and hopefully clearer pictures.

 

[Old Radar]

Reed & Prince.

Discussed in several other threads, they were the American producers of Fearson's cross recess screw drive fasteners and drivers.

 

[MR.X]

I have I guess what is an old valve wrench with what looks like a "Z" in a circle. Can't find this logo anywhere. I'm assuming it would stand for the drop forge company? The opening isn't a true square. Also has what looks like two overlapping X's. It's a mystery to me.

Hi. The "overlapping X's" are a W and an A.

 

[Provincial]

Hi. The "overlapping X's" are a W and an A.

Or an A and a V, with two little W's.

 

[PSCo1867]

I'm looking for the definitive identification of this logo: a keystone with PS inside. I'm thinking Pennsylvania Steel, but this is only a (somewhat educated) guess. Anyone? Examples here are a W&B "S" wrench and an unknown spud wrench, both stamped with the "Keystone PS" stamp.

 

[four.cycle]

in my inbox earlier this morning:

Woo-hoo! I just found a goldmine of forge mark logos .. do a google books search for 'custom forging capability' and there's a chart of companies with their logos ..
I was able to identify an HT-circle logo as Harris-Thomas Drop Forge .. never thought I'd find that one.
AA

 

[d42jeep]

I think this Thor logo is pretty self explanatory.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

well... kind of, yes...

Independent / Independent Pneumatic Tool Co., Aurora, IL / formerly Aurora Machine & Tool, Aurora Automatic Machinery Co. / "Thor" pneumatic power tools, impact sockets / http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=1985 /

better known for the rattle guns than for sockets.

 

[Eric Brown]

Oswego / Oswego Tool Co., 119-27 W. First St., Oswego, NY / "Giles Patent wrench" / patent 391957 Oct 30 1888 J.A. Giles / http://alloy-artifacts.org/other-makers-p2.html#oswego / https://www.vintagetools.net/product/oswego-tool-co-8-inch-stilson-wrench-561pc / http://toolarchives.com/node/253 /

I think I have a Oswego Tool Company wrench. The only logo is a circle with a "T" inside. A similar logo was used by Osaka Tanko. This wrench is 8" long and is also marked with matching numbers on the jaw and wrench. It features a easily removable adjuster. Simply unscrew the jaw and then the adjuster can be moved to the side and lifted out. I have a 1920 ad showing this feature on a "S" wrench. Cannot locate any straight wrenches with this feature and logo. Any thoughts on if this wrench is earlier, later, or same time as the "S" model?

 

[wrenchguy]

just put here, move to better place if u want.
pic stoled from fb.

 

[woody 73]

Keystone drop forge

Recognize this tool, or logo?

Anyone know what this is - or recognize the logo? It's 17.3 inches long. It has a keystone logo with what looks like a diamond inside. (See thumbnails).

www.garagejournal.com

 

[woody 73]

Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co.

Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co. pliers - just found. Anyone seen a similar one?

Just found this at a junk store - quite a nicely-made pair of pliers. Great logo stamp, finely checkered handles. Hadn't heard of them previously; seems to have been a Chicago company, disappeared in the 1960s or thereabouts. Anyone have any pics of H.S.B. hand tools?

www.garagejournal.com

 

[woody 73]

Japanese Industrial Standards logo.

Post #2 by four.cycle a good picture of that logo.

Anyone heard of Newland tools?

Has anyone heard of Newland tools? I bought this socket set in New Zealand. The only thing I can find on the net is 2 x adjustable spanners on UK ebay. Ratchet is missing.

www.garagejournal.com

 

[four.cycle]

Japanese Industrial Standards LOGO

 

[four.cycle]

H.D. Smith & Co., Plantsville, CT

Smith / H.D. Smith & Co., 24 West St., Plantsville, CT (Henry D. Smith) / "Perfect Handle", "Gettatit" pliers / patent D33468 Oct 30 1900 & 666029 Jan 15 1901 & Amos Shepard & D34136 Feb 26 1901 & 737179 Aug 25 1903 & D37214 Nov 8 1904 William S. Ward & 793324 Jun 27 1905 Amos Shepard & 855079 May 28 1907 William S. Ward & D44327 Jul 8 1913 Lucius V. Walkley & 1061339 May 13 1913 & 1123423 Jan 5 1915 & 1216886 Feb 20 1917 & D45919 Jun 4 1919 William S. Thompson / TM 45334 Aug 15 1905 first use 1871 / http://alloy-artifacts.org/hd-smith-company.html / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/h-d-smith-company-plantsville-ct.389945/ / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._D._Smith_Company_Building /

 

[DetailSeeker]

The Trade Mark for Brown & Sharpe Tools.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_&_Sharpe

An aside on this: the machinist square with B [dot] S logo appears as early as the 1905 catalog.

However, the same logo with the words "TRADE MARK" underneath first shows up (that I can find) in illustrations in the 1952 catalog. In the 1954 catalog, new illustrations of the logo with "TRADE MARK" no longer have the dot between "B" and "S".

The 1959 USPTO trademark registration, with no dot, claims a "First Use Anywhere" date of July 28, 1955.

However, the 1967 USPTO trademark registration for a version with shaded letters and no dot claims a "First Use Anywhere" of 1897. It also claims ownership of the related registration 56130, which (if you look to the registration certificate) was filed in May 18, 1905. Unfortunately, the "accompanying drawing" was not scanned, and I actually need to leave the keyboard at some point today.

Short version: logo was used since about the first of January 1897, logo with "TRADE MARK" underneath it appears to date from 1950s?