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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: dimwittedmoose51 on July 02, 2011, 07:24:11 PM

Title: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
Post by: dimwittedmoose51 on July 02, 2011, 07:24:11 PM: My wife played surrogate tool shopper Friday as I had to work and she did a great job finding bargains at a local yard sale. One of the plums she found was a well used Craftsman Fence Pliers that may be just a bit smaller than the Crescent model currently being sold, but it is stamped made in Germany. Any idea when this tool was made? I don't ever recall seeing fench pliers at Sears, but I've been wring before. I'd post a photo, but it looks just like any other pair of fence pliers I've ever seen. More on the Friday night finds later. She's more curious than me...and that's a good thing.

TIA

DM&FS
Title: Re: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
Post by: rusty on July 02, 2011, 09:17:30 PM: > I don't ever recall seeing fench pliers at Sears

Where do you think the farmers bought all their stuff? LOL
Sears used to sell *everything* and *anything* ...

A lot of stuff was imported after the war to help Germany rebuild, including hand tools, without seeing it, I would guess 50's...

The logo style may help date it....
Title: Re: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
Post by: dimwittedmoose51 on July 02, 2011, 09:33:43 PM: Rusty, that's a great job of covert begging for a photo, I was totally hooked.Craftsman #45225.Logo looks pretty standard.
Title: Re: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
Post by: rusty on July 02, 2011, 10:05:02 PM: Nice : )

Best I can do is, after the war, before the 60's, the one in the catalog I have is beveled along the top edge, the same as the modern one (discontinued only this year by the way)
Title: Re: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
Post by: lbgradwell on July 03, 2011, 01:12:58 AM: What surprises me is that they don't say "West Germany"...

They were introduced in the 1960 catalogue , appeared all through the decade and in the 1970 catalogue, but are no longer described as "From W. Germany" in the 1972-73 catalogue. Sears seems to have started looking to Japan for their imported tools by then...
Title: Re: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
Post by: v8garage on July 03, 2011, 10:21:48 AM: Yes, it is unusual that it just says "GERMANY" instead of "W. GERMANY" or "WEST GERMANY". Normally old tools that are marked "GERMANY" only are considered to be made before WWII.
V/8
Title: Re: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
Post by: elite1grey on July 05, 2011, 05:18:54 AM: it was made before WW II if it was after would say west germany
Title: Re: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
Post by: fflintstone on July 06, 2011, 08:36:48 PM: Quote from: elite1grey on July 05, 2011, 05:18:54 AM
it was made before WW II if it was after would say west germany

Not in this case.
Craftsman did not put catalog # on there tools till the 50’s