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Offline dimwittedmoose51

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German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
« 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.

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Re: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
« Reply #1 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....
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Re: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
« Reply #3 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)
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Re: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
« Reply #4 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...
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Re: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2011, 05:18:54 AM »
it was made before WW II if it was after would say west germany
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Re: German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??
« Reply #7 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
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