d42jeep
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Learned about this one today. Grobet on an old file. 
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New to me
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They were known as excellent files.Learned about this one today. Grobet on an old file.
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I have one for the thread. I picked this old pliers solely due to the logo, but I can not tie it to a manufacturer. It’s capital letters “M” and “H” surrounded by a larger “S”. Below are two “D”s separated by an upward pointing arrow. I have tried searching any/all combination of those letters, so far to no avail. Challenge for the group!
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four.cycle
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^ the design of those screams "European".
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Sort of a cross between lineman's pliers and
Button Pattern pliers.
four.cycle
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^ There was a member just a few weeks back asking why that style isn't made any more...
Look like Defense Department "D"'s on either side of the Broad Arrow so....Australian? There is an Oz wrenches.com site with Sunshine Mckay Massy Harris/Harvester tools so......I'm just throwing chit against the walls....
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No idea about the shrugging guy and his target, no other identifiers, I do like it though…..Andy wetherill
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Red Devil 726 slip joints, lovely handles……
RTM
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That was the body of a thread plate, with 3-5 different dies inside. Here is a pic of a Hoff with the dies in place.
Other makers include Holroyd, Wells Bros, MTS&M, and Hoff is J M Hoff & Lange. Just to give you some targets to focus your search a bit. Those fun logos are often European.
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Thanks rtm, I know what it is, I don’t know who it is, I picked it up here in the uk, I haven’t seen that stamp before and haven’t had any luck on other forums……That was the body of a thread plate, with 3-5 different dies inside. Here is a pic of a Hoff with the dies in place.
Other makers include Holroyd, Wells Bros, MTS&M, and Hoff is J M Hoff & Lange. Just to give you some targets to focus your search a bit. Those fun logos are often European.
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Cut Easy -
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But you didn't tell us any of that. Gimme a fighting chance to limit my search a bit.
GarageHobbyist
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I like this one.
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A few cool logo's
First a Shwinn Approved wrench. Obviously a Snap- On made wrench.
A hardware knife from the 1930's made by Utica with Buffalo shield.
Lastly a Western Boulder stockman knife with a Buffalo tang stamp.
First a Shwinn Approved wrench. Obviously a Snap- On made wrench.
A hardware knife from the 1930's made by Utica with Buffalo shield.
Lastly a Western Boulder stockman knife with a Buffalo tang stamp.
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The B in a circle, arrow, and cross is W. Butcher ( from Sheffield, England) it's on a carpenters chisel. They made plane irons, chisels, Bowie knives, adzes, drawknifes, etc. In the late 1800's until possibly as late as the 1920's. I've never seen a catalog, though.
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Some stuff in here is the only one I know of. THis page and following, not all of it is showing up in the search tool.
J. B. Shannon : Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Carpenters' Tools : No. 7 : J. B. Shannon : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
114 p., illus., 21.4 cm, trade catalog
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Page 57 of this (print # 42) has their marks
Thanks. Seems like with the amount of stuff they produced, they would have had a catalog of some sort. There was an ad for edge tools I found on Google one time that was in the late 1910's.Some stuff in here is the only one I know of. THis page and following, not all of it is showing up in the search tool.
J. B. Shannon : Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Carpenters' Tools : No. 7 : J. B. Shannon : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
114 p., illus., 21.4 cm, trade catalogarchive.org
Page 57 of this (print # 42) has their marks
There's also a book about William Butcher getting his house fire bombed by the local union when he was going to set up some manufacturing in USA.
Mintgrun
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When I saw the logo on these snips I had to buy them.
The three rabbits, or three hares symbol has been around for a long time. Some references refer to it as the tinner's hares, which is probably why it was used on these tin snips.
M.B.Co. ADVANCE is a new brand to me. I wasn't able to find any information on them. These were made in Cleveland Ohio.
Here's a link to the wiki page, for a generic overview of the symbol.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_hares
The three rabbits, or three hares symbol has been around for a long time. Some references refer to it as the tinner's hares, which is probably why it was used on these tin snips.
Here's a link to the wiki page, for a generic overview of the symbol.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_hares
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four.cycle
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Interesting evolvement on that "three hares" symbol.
Our friend at AA was kind enough to identify the maker of your snips:
Manufacturers Brush Co., 1950 W. 114th, Cleveland, OH (1924) 12401 Elmwood Ave, Cleveland, OH (1932) / est. 1910 / "Advance" snips / patent 988506 Apr 4 1911 Rudolf Radinse & 1174488 Mar 7 1916 Rudolf Radinse and Otto Geiger & 3084367 Apr 9 1963 Rudolf R. Radinse & 3106737 Oct 15 1963 Arthur T. Schofield /
1924 American Artisan and Hardware Record Manufacturers Brush Co. ad pp 37
Beerhippie
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Shakespearean characters, anyone?
Anton Wenger Jr, Solingen, Germany.
Anton Wenger Jr, Solingen, Germany.
Holy **** that whale is awesome!!!
I have one of their hammers. It’s one of my most prized tools.
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I don't think I've seen any Fukung logos in the thread so far.
