woody 73
Well-known member
This is a story that I had fun working on and sometimes just finding information is a story in itself...
Typing in the name on the tool brings up many hits about hardware & locks and looks to be a clue! Then I thought how about just using the name on the tool plus what the tool is used for and that brought up Ebay and a super nice shot of pat. dates (my good luck) and another clue in the puzzle. Then looking up pat. dates turns up the name of the company that made the tool and the puzzle is almost complete.
Maybe a little guessing on my part about how the R&E co. came up with using the name of the first owner Russell and his partners name of Erwin to get the name stamped on the tool of RUSSWIN and the puzzle is about 99% complete.
Starting back in 1839 making padlocks, door locks and door hardware in New Britain Connecticut and merging in 1902 with P.&F. Corbin to form American Hardware and the puzzle is now complete.
I will leave you with some very good links, but the picture of the wrench was a grueling task to get a close up shot of the name RUSSWIN as it was not stamped deep enough on the forge press at the time it was made.
http://datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=22424
http://nbindustrial.org/collection/american-hardware/
http://vintageadsandbooks.com/russe...ardware-specialties-vintage-catalog-y790.html
http://www.castironcollector.com/russwin.php
http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/asc/findaids/American_Hardware/MSS19950013.html
http://www.antiquedoorhardwarecollector.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Corbin_(manufacturer)
Typing in the name on the tool brings up many hits about hardware & locks and looks to be a clue! Then I thought how about just using the name on the tool plus what the tool is used for and that brought up Ebay and a super nice shot of pat. dates (my good luck) and another clue in the puzzle. Then looking up pat. dates turns up the name of the company that made the tool and the puzzle is almost complete.
Maybe a little guessing on my part about how the R&E co. came up with using the name of the first owner Russell and his partners name of Erwin to get the name stamped on the tool of RUSSWIN and the puzzle is about 99% complete.
Starting back in 1839 making padlocks, door locks and door hardware in New Britain Connecticut and merging in 1902 with P.&F. Corbin to form American Hardware and the puzzle is now complete.
I will leave you with some very good links, but the picture of the wrench was a grueling task to get a close up shot of the name RUSSWIN as it was not stamped deep enough on the forge press at the time it was made.
http://datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=22424
http://nbindustrial.org/collection/american-hardware/
http://vintageadsandbooks.com/russe...ardware-specialties-vintage-catalog-y790.html
http://www.castironcollector.com/russwin.php
http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/asc/findaids/American_Hardware/MSS19950013.html
http://www.antiquedoorhardwarecollector.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Corbin_(manufacturer)
