Plumb "VICTORY" marked hammers and axes

[Leviton]

I found this the other day for $1.50. It's 13.3" OAL.

I know Plumb marked some hammers and axes with the "Victory" stamp. I've seen two different theories online:
1) They were made during mid to late WWII in hopes of victory.
2) They were put out just after WWII because the US was celebrating a victory.

Does anyone know anything conclusive about the dates for this stamping?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I don't know anything definitive about that stamping. I have never seen one before. I don't collect wartime claw hammers or any other carpenters tools. But I can tell you that [PLUMB] ball-pein hammers didn't include that marking. I can also she some light on your theories. The term VICTORY was used throughout WWII starting in 1942. All of our initiatives before Pearl Harbor were known as the Emergency Period. The Office of Emergency Management's weekly Bulletin on all their activities (Lend Lease, Contracts, etc) was called DEFENSE. After we declared war, the OEM was renamed the War Production Board, and the name of the bulletin was changed to VICTORY. All the home front efforts (rubber drives, etc) were called Victory Drives. It was more than just a hope. It was a top down slogan to instill a sense of confidence and unity that could be found on everything.