Unusual German pliers. They are marked "Reade Work", "Germany" and "PAT APLD FOR". There is also a "5" on both sides. Has the screwdriver and punch handle ends. The unusual feature is at the nose end. It has been angled down with a couple of small 1/8" posts sticking up that have a grooved gripping surface. Any ideas?
Post photos of just that one, top, flip side, and handles. "Never say never," as Romeo Void reminded all of us of a certain age, but neither Stevens or Stevens-Walden were known for making pliers. (They did offer a pair of waterpumps in the early 30's with a pin spanner forged into one of the handles that I would sorely love to find in the wild one day, but it was decidedly a one-off. They just weren't known as a full service supplier, not even re-labeled.)
The pliers to the left of the MoToRKiT with the "312" stamp (PO, not a model number) are prewar J.P. Danielson. The pliers to the right of the MoToRKiT with the forged-in "12" die code and "DROP FORGED" marking are Vlchek. Both very common.
There are obvious pliers like Cee Tee, McKaig Hatch and Bluebird. I’m not familiar with Electra Mfg Co to the left of the Utica pair. Here are several pliers with no manufacture’s marks except some Master Mechanics pliers which I plan to put in the giveaways.
Buddy of mine lived on the same block as their drummer for a few years. Adds an extra smile to the song. Was quite a street of characters.
I like the CTCo MoToRKit.
Is this the one that says “Stevens”?
I don’t actually see anything
I'll take some more pictures but I was thinking possibly Stevens since I have multiple tools from this catalog and they did have these 2 pliers here. The other set is marked 32T which I also thought was interesting since the tools in the Stevens catalog are T series but I haven't looked too much into them yet
Great finds. The bottom left look like my dynamite pliers with the spear to puncture the dyno for the fuse and it would have a crimper in the pliers.Picked up some more pliers at the flea market
Circle C Craftsman lineman pliers. These ones I just finished restoring them.
A pair of Flohr hog ring pliers.
Picked up two different styles Kraeuter pliers.
Yes more pics, and try Outlaw’s chalking suggestion.
Thinking is always good, and I will re-emphasize that I didn't dismiss the possibility, I only pointed out they weren't known for pliers, either as a mfgr or as a supplier, outside the odds and ends, one of which I pointed out, another that you pointed out, making the likelihood low and the positive identification insupportable without a definitive marking.
Lest you think it's something on your end, note that many of us are having the same issues, Eric. It's very frustrating. Inserting and attaching is fully functional on my phone, but not from my laptop. I have resorted to doing a screengrab and pasting it as a .png as a temporary stopgap.
There have been times I just waited and then tried later and it took the pictures it previously rejected. I tried using the Attach Files, the Insert Picture icon and even resized pictures with no success. I am patient and will try again.
Slight possibility is the pre zip code mail address area. Duane street is now in 10013, 10014 was Greenwich village, so maybe they were on the edge.
@Eric Brown -
They probably were laser engraved, and the rust and cleanup left it unreadable.When I saw these small dykes at this morning’s moving sale my wife suggested not buying them. They were rusty and almost totally frozen up. I figured that once I got the rust off I could determine the maker.
As found
I cleaned the rust off and soaked them in WD40 for a while. They eventually freed up and looked pretty good but I still don’t know who made them.
-Don
I’d like to see more individual pics (full image logo side up, grip pattern) on some of those!Looking through this thread I just decided to pull out 'some' of the ones stored around and post them.
NEEDLE NOSE: 16 inch long NoName, Sheffield England NOName, Channellock 317, West Germany drop forged NoName, Snap On 60-C
FENCING: Crescent, Norvell Shapleigh Diamond Edge
LINEMANS & COMBINATION: Utica 1000, Vaughn Bushnell 7, Channellock, Klein, Crescent 1000-8
SIDE CUTTERS: Fullers England, Speed 103, Palmer 'for hard wire' Spain, John Berry & Son England, NoName Green handle
SLIP JOINT Standard: Barcalo Buffalo, Crescent G28, Farmers Union USA, P&C USA brand, K-26 NoName, Award, Channellock S26, CH Mexico, H.D. Smith with offset nose
CUTTER/CRIMPER: Blue Point 29CP, Panduit CT200
OFFSET/GROOVE: Proto 241, Channellock 440, Drop Forged Spain NoName
HOSE CLAMP: KD 428, Proto 252
MISC: Eastwood tube bender, Brake Spring USA NoName, Deckers HillRinger Hog Ring, Flat Nose with 2 ******* Austria, USA Lock Wire twister NOName
And a few closeups of one off or things I found interesting:
Agreed this became common for electronic tech pliers starting in the late 70's
I'd not noticed the different counts, I'll have to see what some of mine have that are still marked...
(Preemptive apologies, if I misrepresent the discussion from memory.)
Please post a photo of the marking. Maybe it's just me, but your photos are very bright, and with the white background, almost snowblindingly bright.
No, that was the gist of it. I considered the debate resolved as far as I was concerned when I found them identified as dykes with raised cutters in a Pexto catalog.
And from Grace's Guide:
