Old logo ID markings guide

[woody 73]

A close up picture of the Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company Bluegrass Trademark.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belknap_Hardware_and_Manufacturing_Company

http://www.hangoutstorage.com/banjo...rchived/files/belknap-history-54179132014.pdf

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wrbphotography/sets/72157614314668162/

http://keymancollectibles.com/bats/belknaphardwarebluegrassbat.htm

 

[woody 73]

A close up picture of the Pexto Logo.

http://www.vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=2721

http://davistownmuseum.org/bioPeck.html

 

[woody 73]

A close up picture of the Hinsdale Logo.

http://www.toolarchives.com/node/285

http://alloy-artifacts.org/hinsdale-hindsight.html

 

[woody 73]

Close up picture of the kilborn & Bishop Company K&B Logo.

http://alloy-artifacts.org/other-makers-p2.html#kilborn

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctnhvbio/Kilborn_George.html

 

[woody 73]

Close up picture of the Millers Falls Company logo.

http://oldtoolheaven.com/history/history.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millers_Falls_Company

http://www.vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?ID=548

https://virginiatoolworks.com/tools/millers-falls/

 

[woody 73]

Close up picture of the Walworth Manufacturing Company Logo.

http://alloy-artifacts.org/other-makers-p3.html#walworth

http://www.davistownmuseum.org/bioWalworth.html

 

[woody 73]

Picture of the Moore drop Forging Company Logo.

http://alloy-artifacts.org/moore-drop-forging.html

http://www.toolarchives.com/node/297

 

[woody 73]

Close up of the Bemis & Call Hardware & Tool Co. trademark B&C logo.

http://otools1.wkfinetools.com/mechanicT/BemisCall/history/BC-history-01.asp

http://davistownmuseum.org/bioBemis.html

 

[woody 73]

A close up the Billings & Spencer Company Logo.

http://www.vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=2522

http://www.davistownmuseum.org/bioBillingspencer.html

http://alloy-artifacts.org/billings-spencer-company.html

https://chs.org/2014/05/a-legacy-in-steel-billings-spencer-co/

 

[woody 73]

The Diamond Calk Horseshoe Company Trademark logo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Calk_Horseshoe_Company

http://alloy-artifacts.org/diamond-calk-horseshoe.html

 

[woody 73]

The Utica Drop Forge & Tool Company Trade Mark Logo.

https://archive.org/details/UticaToolCatalog

http://alloy-artifacts.org/utica-tool.html

 

[woody 73]

Bonney Forge & Tool Works Logo.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonney_Forge_Corporation

http://alloy-artifacts.org/bonney-forge-tool.html

http://toolarchives.com/?q=Bonney-Company-timeline

 

[woody 73]

J.H. Williams Logo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.H._Williams_Tool_Group

http://alloy-artifacts.org/williams-supercompany.html

 

[woody 73]

The Whitaker Manufacturing Company Trademark Logo a Diamond within a Diamond.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzJxodHACRRuR1o0TTJnMldERnc/view

http://americanmadefiles.blogspot.com/2015/12/whitaker-manufacturing-co.html

http://www.trademarkia.com/map/w-72253384.htm

 

[four.cycle]

G & J / Gormully & Jeffrey Mfg. Co., 222 and 224 No. Franklin St., Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Manufacturers of "Rambler" bicycles.

http://thecabe.com/forum/threads/gormully-jeffery-bicycle-wrench.80081/

Logo stamped on tools reads "A G & J Product" inside a diamond:

 

[woody 73]

Close up picture of the trademark Logo of the Armstrong Brothers Company:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Tools

http://alloy-artifacts.org/armstrong-bros.html

 

[woody 73]

A close up picture of the Trademark Logo for SK Tools:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Hand_Tools

http://www.skhandtool.com/about-us.aspx

http://alloy-artifacts.org/sherman-klove.html

 

[four.cycle]

Kastar Tool
Acquired by Lang Tool / A&E some time ago.

Originally located on Long Island, New York (?) (awaiting confirmation from factory.)
Currently (and back into the 1970s when I was buying/selling it) in Racine, Wisconsin.
Original logo used on their small ignition wrenches (letter "K" inside a 5-point star inside a circle):

 

[four.cycle]

Not really a "logo" per se, but I'm going to dump this here for now:

Premax - Radio Premax Wrench
Niagara Metal Stamping Corp., Dept. 601, Niagara Falls, New York

 

[d42jeep]

Logo of the Frank Mossberg Co.
-Don

 

[woody 73]

A close up of the trademark Logo for P&C tools :

http://www.pnctools.com/

http://alloy-artifacts.org/peterson-carlborg.html

 

[woody 73]

Some information about the Joe H. Smith & Sons Oldbury Ltd. England Hammer makers, along with a picture of their trademark.

http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=16651.0

 

[bsg1]

great thread.

 

[woody 73]

I had to get this trade mark under a strong piece of glass but you can make out the Trademark of the SW Card Manufacturing company.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1904-Mansf...-Letterhead-/301533665638?hash=item4634ce9966

 

[four.cycle]

S.W. Card Mfg. Co.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=304665

 

[woody 73]

As I dig deeper into the dark web looking for more information to help me write my tool stories sometimes just sometimes I find a few gold nuggets as they say and the following link is just such a nugget.


https://archive.org/details/internationaltoolcataloglibrary

Hope it helps you out in your long search for new information.

Woody

 

[four.cycle]

^ I just learned of that website a couple days ago and it's a gold mine.

I was quite amused when I found myself downloading Thorsen fly sheets in *.pdf format that I had posted here on Garagejournal in *.jpg format some time ago.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Thankfully there are still people willing to collect vintage catalogs as hardcopy collectibles but generously share their time and effort in making sure the information contained therein is available in digital PDF form in the public domain FOR FREE!

 

[woody 73]

The following Link is for Publication Reprints of vintage Machinery; I hope it will be helpful to you in your search for answers to any of your Machine questions.

http://www.vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/pubs.aspx

 

[four.cycle]

Dutch Tool Co., Kansas City, Mo.







(* possibly made by Wilde. see: pat. 1800447 *)

I don’t have any info on the Dutch Tool Company, no one recognizes that brand. Good luck!

 

[woody 73]

The Trade Mark for Brown & Sharpe Tools.

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

 

[four.cycle]

Verona Tool Works, Pittsburgh, PA

USPTO TM 70028858 July 25, 1896

thanks to woody73 and 3baygarage

 

[woody 73]

Pictures of the logo from Verona Tool Works:

https://archive.org/details/WoodingsVeronaToolWorksCatalogue16/page/n1

 

[four.cycle]

H & G

Eastern Machine Screw Corp., New Haven, CT.

http://alloy-artifacts.org/other-makers.html#eastern

 

[four.cycle]

Ames / Ames Supply Co., 1936C University Lane, Lisle, IL 60532 / www.amessupply.com / "Amesco" / est. 1902 /

Amesco / (see Ames Supply Co.) /

 

[four.cycle]

Buffum Tool Co., Louisiana, Mo.
http://toolarchives.com/node/267
http://alloy-artifacts.org/other-makers.html#buffum

 

[four.cycle]

Norvell Shapleigh Hardware Co. "Diamond Edge" logo



(* photo RagTopTA *)

 

[four.cycle]

Boston Auto Tool Co., 17 Tudor St., Cambridge, Massachusetts (aka "BATCO")



(* letter "B" inside a diamond - photos Ebay *)

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Those sockets look exactly like the sockets made by Newton Pressed Steel and King Pressed Steel for their own brands, for the Service Engineering Company, and for the Boston Wrench Company, all located in the Boston area.

 

[four.cycle]

Five brands - one forge, maybe?