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Title: Click Pliers
Post by: Steve on January 15, 2015, 04:23:46 PM

I have a pair of Click pliers new in original box made in Fairbury NE patent no 2358858 Museum in Fairbury has a pair but know nothing company cannot find them in any catalog

Title: Re: Click Pliers
Post by: Papaw on January 15, 2015, 05:15:33 PM

 These?
 https://www.google.com/patents/US2358858?dq=2358858&hl=en&sa=X&ei=q0m4VMenF9GKyAStpoKACg&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAQ (https://www.google.com/patents/US2358858?dq=2358858&hl=en&sa=X&ei=q0m4VMenF9GKyAStpoKACg&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAQ)

Title: Re: Click Pliers
Post by: lbgradwell on January 15, 2015, 05:19:19 PM

Jim has a pair...

http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=349.0 (http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=349.0)

Title: Re: Click Pliers
Post by: mvwcnews on January 16, 2015, 12:06:59 AM

Back in the 50's Fairbury was a railroad division town & would have had that kind of expertise, although I suspect the tools were actually made by contract elsewhere.  If so it would not have taken much space to run an office and have a store room of inventory.
If the Fairbury Public Library kept old City Directories & phone books there might be some information to be gleaned that way.  But don't hold too much hope.  Lots of small town libraries ignored local history for decades.