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Offline HeelSpur

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S'More Cool Stuff
« on: December 21, 2013, 05:30:04 PM »
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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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: S'More Cool Stuff
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2013, 08:35:30 PM »
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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Re: S'More Cool Stuff
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2013, 10:55:44 PM »
The Reed & Prince screwdriver should be marked Worcester not Winchester.
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Re: S'More Cool Stuff
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2013, 04:20:19 AM »
Quote from: Bus on December 21, 2013, 10:55:44 PM
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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Offline international3414

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Re: S'More Cool Stuff
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2013, 05:13:26 AM »
and Winchester is in New Haven,Connecticut
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Offline rusty

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« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2013, 08:29:51 AM »
> 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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Offline johnsironsanctuary

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Re: S'More Cool Stuff
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2013, 11:48:56 AM »
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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Offline Branson

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Re: S'More Cool Stuff
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2013, 11:55:30 AM »
Quote from: Bill Houghton on December 21, 2013, 08:35:30 PM
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.
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