Spintites - Some Morning Research

[d42jeep]

Thanks for posting those, BK. They are great.
I found another Stevens black handle nutdriver while poking through the Walden box.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

^ kind of funny that a copule of those were in a "what?" folder for the longest time until I finally made the connection to "Stevens Walden". duh!

may as well put this guy's face up as well, since he was the primary mover-and-shaker:


Warren S. Bellows - History of Worcester and its People Vol III 1919 pp 312-313

Stevens Walden Worcester

 

[four.cycle]

Stevens / Stevens & Co., 375 Broadway, New York, NY / "Spintite" nut drivers, "Perfect" spoke wrench, "Speed-Up" tools, screwdriver "Necessity" chain tool / merged with Walden-Worcester 1926 to become Stevens-Walden / https://fordtoolcollector.org/tool-catalogs/ / patent 965722 Jul 26 1910 John N. Macdonald / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/spintites-some-morning-research.343074/ /

See also Walden Worcester
Walden Worcester / see also Stevens-Walden / Walden Worcester Mfg. Co, Worcester, MA / "Tomahawk" "Spintite" / patent 920717 May 4 1909 & 1282028 Oct 22 1918 Warren S. Bellows / http://alloy-artifacts.org/walden-worcester.html / http://alloy-artifacts.org/walden-worcester.html#history / https://wrenchwiki.com/walden-worcester/ / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...l-free-to-post-your-walden-tools-here.392993/ / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/old-walden-worcester.383198/ /


1920s Stevens & Co. catalog pp 56 Spintite


1920s Stevens & Co. catalog pp 57 Spintite


1920s Stevens & Co. catalog pp 58 Spintite


1920s Stevens & Co. catalog pp 59 Spintite


1920 Stevens & Co. catalog pp 71 Necessity Chain Tool (patent 965722)


1920s Stevens & Co. catalog pp 76 Bearing & Carbon Scrapers


1920s Stevens & Co. catalog pp 77 pliers screwdrivers reamers

 

[d42jeep]

I think this is the handle shown in the set. The markings are long gone.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

mine is the later version - these are the ebay photos - no idea where it is -

 

[piehammer]

Just picked up this morning.

 

[RTM]

Love that they are marked in 16ths, even the 11/32

 

[d42jeep]

I like that stand! Here is a Stevens nutdriver I found recently. The markings are pretty much gone.
-Don

 

[Steven 33]

Some early Stevens stuff and some KR Wilson stuff there

 

[Steven 33]

Stevens / Stevens & Co., 375 Broadway, New York, NY / "Spintite" nut drivers, "Perfect" spoke wrench, "Speed-Up" tools, screwdriver "Necessity" chain tool / merged with Walden-Worcester 1926 to become Stevens-Walden / https://fordtoolcollector.org/tool-catalogs/ / patent 965722 Jul 26 1910 John N. Macdonald / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/spintites-some-morning-research.343074/ /

See also Walden Worcester
Walden Worcester / see also Stevens-Walden / Walden Worcester Mfg. Co, Worcester, MA / "Tomahawk" "Spintite" / patent 920717 May 4 1909 & 1282028 Oct 22 1918 Warren S. Bellows / http://alloy-artifacts.org/walden-worcester.html / http://alloy-artifacts.org/walden-worcester.html#history / https://wrenchwiki.com/walden-worcester/ / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...l-free-to-post-your-walden-tools-here.392993/ / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/old-walden-worcester.383198/ /


1920s Stevens & Co. catalog pp 56 Spintite


1920s Stevens & Co. catalog pp 57 Spintite


1920s Stevens & Co. catalog pp 58 Spintite


1920s Stevens & Co. catalog pp 59 Spintite


1920 Stevens & Co. catalog pp 71 Necessity Chain Tool (patent 965722)


1920s Stevens & Co. catalog pp 76 Bearing & Carbon Scrapers


1920s Stevens & Co. catalog pp 77 pliers screwdrivers reamers

Carbon scraper

 

[Private Lugnutz]

The advantage for you in collecting these early STEVENS tools is that all you have to do to mark them as your property is to stamp one little possessive apostrophe in them!

 

[Steven 33]

The advantage for you in collecting these early STEVENS tools is that all you have to do to mark them as your property is to stamp one little possessive apostrophe in them!

Yup ha I might have to keep one piece just for the cool factor of that. But I try to just listen to the advice from my trusty screwdriver. Ha

 

[Steven 33]

Is there a thread dedicated to Stevens Maybe I need to look deeper but I didn't see one.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

This is it. I didn't have it in the Sticky because it was started in 2016, had only sporadic activity, was not very active in 2019 when we developed the Sticky, it didn't even push into Page 2 until 2022, and last post was 2023 until you just bumped it. But it is the place for STEVENS, heretofore mainly SPINTITEs. But we can ask Todd to change the title to be more generic.

 

[Steven 33]

This is it. I didn't have it in the Sticky because it was started in 2016, had only sporadic activity, was not very active in 2019 when we developed the Sticky, it didn't even push into Page 2 until 2022, and last post was 2023 until you just bumped it. But it is the place for STEVENS, heretofore mainly SPINTITEs. But we can ask Todd to change the title to be more generic.

As long as I'm not derailing the thread It's all good on my end. Just wasn't quite sure.

 

[Arne73]

A #4 Stevens Spintite

 

[Arne73]

A #7 Stevens Spintite. Both from my dad's work bench. He passed back in October & I am just starting to clear out his place.

 

[d42jeep]

I gathered mine for a photo. I thought that they were all Stevens but a faint Walden is marked on the bottom one.
-Don

 

[Fred Knox]

Recent find = Stevens Spintite universal wood-handle with 4A, 5A, 7A, and 8A shafts. I looked everywhere for more bits and/or a stand, but no **** luck.

Others in the photos are:
#1721 5/16” x 3/8” DoE wrench,
3109 and 3106 1/4”-drive sockets,
Walden wire-handle ratchet