Easco hand tools weatogue

I got some at yard sales, and a lot from grandpa. Joined: Nov 25, Posts: 5, Profile Page. The same company that made the adjustable wrench famous. Got them from my 94 year old aunt when she was moving from her home in Jamestown. Owned by my uncle who died in Have several multiblade and special purpose screwdrivers from Wurth Zebra brand ;the special ones are torque drivers for the Zebra hose clamps.

Similar to Murray clamps,but are designed so the teeth don't cut into the hose. Also ChanNelLock pliers. My prize tool though is my grandfather's Keen Kutter brand E.

Simmons Hardware ball pien hammer. Been used so much the handle has a groove worn into it. Joined: Sep 18, Posts: 1, Profile Page. My Dad had a bunch of DuPont tools, I've never seen any for sale anywhere, and don't know where they came from as he passed away in '95 at 82 years old.

Belchfire8 , Feb 18, Joined: Dec 15, Posts: 7, Profile Page. Ruger made tools when first starting out late '40s. Joined: Sep 9, Posts: 1, Profile Page. Bonney Forge were made in my old hometown of Allentown PA, were good tools in their day.

Joined: Jan 22, Posts: 1, Profile Page. My Dad was a mechanic and after WW-2 bought a set of Bonney wrenches he used them for 30 years, my brother has them now. Joined: Sep 6, Posts: Profile Page. Joined: Nov 28, Posts: 1, Profile Page. I've bought some real nice John Deere wrenches at flea markets. They are longer than most wrenches and shaped real nice. They're definitely old as I've had them 20 years.

Ayers Garage , Feb 19, Joined: Jan 29, Posts: 7, Profile Page. Joined: Apr 30, Posts: 1, Profile Page. Snagged them today in the second hand store. View attachment View attachment View attachment View attachment Last edited: Jan 22, Joined: Jun 8, Posts: 9, Profile Page. It's interesting to look up these old-line tool brands and see where they came from and sometimes where they disappeared to.

A few more lesser-known names A quality tool if you find them. Still around, good stuff. Mostly good stuff. A lot of their hand tools were re-branded Proto. Easco, long-time supplier for Craftsman tools but did offer their own brand.

Still around, but went offshore thanks to Bain Capital, i. Milt Romney. This is probably why Craftsman is no longer US-made. Xcelite, primarily known for their nutdrivers but made other stuff too. Mostly electronics oriented. At one time there were literally dozens of US tool manufacturers, but most got gobbled up by larger concerns. Crazy Steve , Jan 22, Joined: Jan 10, Posts: 4, Profile Page. Joined: Aug 24, Posts: Profile Page. Joined: Feb 28, Posts: 1, Profile Page.

My Dad told me he bought them before WW2. They all still zero perfectly. He died in and I have been using them regularly ever since. Joined: Feb 8, Posts: Profile Page. It belonged to my dad. I also have 3 B. I still use them along with some Wizard and Westline Western Auto open end wrenches and sockets.

By the way all of these are American made. Joined: Apr 11, Posts: 1, Profile Page. I have a bunch of Plumb tools that when Proto took them over they ground off the Plumb name and sold them for a good price at there L. Joined: Feb 21, Posts: 4, Profile Page. My wife's grandfather, who was 92 when he died in , was a sheet metal man in Gadsden AL, working primarily in the old Dwight Cotton Mill in Alabama City now a part of Gadsden.

The best C clamps and files I've ever used were his, as well as my bench vise. Don't know who made the files, but the vise and the clamps are marked Cincinnati Tool Co. These tools are probably close to years old and still as good as new. He started with a Buick touring car and removed the body from the firewall back, then built a hose and ladder truck body on the chassis.

Very likely that the vise, clamps, and files I have were used on that job. Joined: Dec 24, Posts: 1, Profile Page. Bought an older Black Hawk socket set at another sale. My deep sockets are K-Mart brand. I think I've had it 30 years and it was old when I got it. Joined: Oct 12, Posts: 1, Profile Page. It is believed that these denote the time frame of manufacture. In , Easco Corporation was acquired via a hostile takeover by Equity Group Holdings, controlled by the investment brothers Steven Rales and Mitchell Rales and taken private.

The hand tools division of the company was taken public, and the other divisions were sold to an investment group including Citicorp Venture Capital. The same year, Apex closed the Gastonia, North Carolina plant where Easco manufactured sockets since It remains as a wholly owned subsidiary of that company.

Craftsman is a line of tools, lawn and garden equipment, and work wear. Danaher Corporation is an American globally diversified conglomerate with its headquarters in Washington, D. The company designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services.

Major products include sockets and drive tools, wrenches, air tools, and other mechanics' tools. The company has a tool line of over 3, items including wrenches, ratchets, screwdrivers, tool boxes and air tools.

Outlets for their products include independent tool-truck dealers, auto parts stores, and major internet vendors such as Sears and Amazon. Steven M. Rales is an American businessman, film producer and chairman of Danaher Corporation. Husky is a line of hand tools, pneumatic tools, and tool storage products. Though founded in , it is now best known as the house brand of The Home Depot, where it is exclusively sold. Its slogan is "The toughest name in tools.

Apex Tool Group is an American supplier of hand tools and power tools. Proto Tools is an American industrial hand tool company. The company is credited with creating the first combination wrench in Crescent is a brand of hand tools. It originated with the Crescent Tool Company , founded in The Crescent brand has changed ownership multiple times.

It is best known for its style of adjustable wrench. Kobalt is a line of hand and mechanics' tools, power tools, and tool storage products owned by the American home improvement chain Lowe's. It is the house brand for both Lowe's in North America and their joint venture with the now defunct Masters Home Improvement in Australia.

Armstrong Tools was an American industrial hand tool manufacturer. In its final years, it existed as a brand of Apex Tool Group, LLC and manufactured the majority of its tools in the United States, focusing mostly on aerospace, government, and military users.

Blackhawk is an American brand of hand tools. Western Forge was an American manufacturing company. The company manufactured hand tools that were sold under other brands, including private-label brands such as Craftsman and Husky. It was a subsidiary of Ideal Industries. The company started to sell sockets and drive tools. New Britain Machine owned Husky and Blackhawk tools as well as making its own economy-grade tools under the None Better and Mustang names.