Tool Talk
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: HeelSpur on December 21, 2013, 05:30:04 PM
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7" Matchless 133- Bridgeport Hardware MFG Co. pliers/wire cutter.
6" Germany needle nose pliers
6 1/2" no-name plier/cutter
9" Apex No.2 Super Phillips screwdriver
12" Reed & Prince MFG. Co. (it reads)
Winchester-Chicago
Recessed Head
Wood Screws
Machine Screws
Sheet Metal Screws (only half the letters show up)
Stove Bolts
8 3/4" Awl or Scribe- Eggplant color handle.
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Those first pliers, top left, look remarkably like the Kraeuter "The Victor" pliers I picked up at a yard sale a while back. I wonder if they were a clone, or rebadged for Matchless.
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The Reed & Prince screwdriver should be marked Worcester not Winchester.
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The Reed & Prince screwdriver should be marked Worcester not Winchester.
OK thanks, thought I saw an I next to the W so assumed it to be Winchester.
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and Winchester is in New Haven,Connecticut
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> Worcester not Winchester...
Yea, till 1987, they were one of the last of the manufacturers of the old days in Worcester...
They were suppose to be a screw company, not a screwdriver company, but everyone loved their screwdrivers and they seem to be known for them more than the fasteners themselves....
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I did not realize that Apex was an old tool company. I thought it was a current day holding company that owns every tool name on the planet except Stanley, Craftsman and the tool truck brands.
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Those first pliers, top left, look remarkably like the Kraeuter "The Victor" pliers I picked up at a yard sale a while back. I wonder if they were a clone, or rebadged for Matchless.
They do look like Victor pliers. I've found it a useful style since the arch in one jaw give a second, almost parallel grip. I have two pairs, but neither is Krauter or Matchless. I don't know if the shape was patented, or who a pantentee might have been, but they were made by at least four different companies, some are heavier made than others.