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Classic Auto and Motorcycle Tools => Classic Auto and Motorcycle Tools => Topic started by: Lostmind on July 27, 2014, 03:19:08 PM

Title: Help ID maker--" Auto" pliers
Post by: Lostmind on July 27, 2014, 03:19:08 PM

I can't make out the name of these neat pliers I've had for many years.

Says " WM than 7? letters , &Co.   Jamestown , NY         Wm. Hjorth & Co. ?

6 1/2" long       late 20's early 30's ?

It's time to pass them on to a new owner , but I'd like to know who made them.
Thanks


I spent some time this afternoon and found this , 1914
http://books.google.com/books?id=wY4-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA224&lpg=PA224&dq=wm+hjorth+co+auto+pliers&source=bl&ots=JZMEnbe77D&sig=tQEbTWacJkttS_6R72agWX17Hf4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oojVU92HBs-3yASVvYCADQ&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=wm%20hjorth%20co%20auto%20pliers&f=false

Title: Re: Help ID maker--" Auto" pliers
Post by: lbgradwell on July 27, 2014, 07:14:54 PM

I'm confident you've IDed them correctly, Roy; Wm. Hjorth & Co...

Title: Re: Help ID maker--" Auto" pliers
Post by: Lostmind on July 27, 2014, 09:20:53 PM

Thanks. Not 100% sure they are the ones shown from 1914 , they don't show the ' Auto" in the photo.
I saw a pair on ebay that didn't sell. Maybe not desirable , but neat just the same.

Title: Re: Help ID maker--" Auto" pliers
Post by: Branson on July 28, 2014, 09:09:33 AM

Quote from: Lostmind on July 27, 2014, 09:20:53 PM

Thanks. Not 100% sure they are the ones shown from 1914 , they don't show the ' Auto" in the photo.
I saw a pair on ebay that didn't sell. Maybe not desirable , but neat just the same.

At last the information I was looking for a couple of months back!  Yep, I have a pair of these, too.  Not quite as good condition as yours, but the design of the "Auto" is sooo 1914.  Had to have 'em.  The jaws were what first captured my eye -- look like those on a B&C monkey wrench.  Really sculptural.

Very neat -- much dressier pliers.  Might be more desirable if people knew their age.