USA Tools

[used red MN]

I did know KMart made wrenches.

They didn’t, they contracted a company to make them and stamp their name in them. In fact Walmart, Sam’s Club, Target, Costco or Dollar Tree or Dollar General, any retailer for that matter really manufacture nothing, they only contract companies to manufacture and label items under their brand names for them to distribute/sell.

 

[lodoc]

Are you sure it's not a dinosaur foot bone?

 

[Lynerd]

Not many estate sales lately but a coupla Friday and found these. Lynn
Top Oxwall Germany Thought I would get some tools Made in Canada England Germany

USA made no name
WESTLINE
USA made no name looks like Craftsman
PLUMB
New Britain

 

[Ray,IN]

Years ago(50?) a factory town in China was named USA, without the periods after each letter. This prevented the U.S.A. from protesting to the China government. So things made there were made in the USA.

 

[Lynerd]

Ray,IN That ain't right. Lynn

 

[John Garner]

Not many estate sales lately but a coupla Friday and found these. Lynn
Top Oxwall Germany Thought I would get some tools Made in Canada England Germany

USA made no name
WESTLINE
USA made no name looks like Craftsman
PLUMB
New Britain

Not Plumb (of Philadelphia), but Plomb (of Los Angeles). After losing two lawsuits to Plumb, Plomb changed their name to Proto.

 

[Ray,IN]

Ray,IN That ain't right. Lynn

That happened decades ago in the previous century. I don't recall how it was stopped.

 

[Lynerd]

Years ago(50?) a factory town in China was named USA, without the periods after each letter. This prevented the U.S.A. from protesting to the China government. So things made there were made in the USA.

Ray,IN Curious how many wrenches said U.S.A. so went and looked. Two of the biggest MAC and Snap-on didn't have the dots. Also Bon-E-Con, FAIRMOUNT, Par-X, Stanley, P&C, and Challenger didn't have the dots. Lynn

 

[Jim.ME]

Years ago(50?) a factory town in China was named USA, without the periods after each letter. This prevented the U.S.A. from protesting to the China government. So things made there were made in the USA.

Can you provide a documented source for that town being named USA? Everything I find indicates it is a myth. There is a town in Japan named Usa for a shrine that exists there.

 

[Lynerd]

Not Plumb (of Philadelphia), but Plomb (of Los Angeles). After losing two lawsuits to Plumb, Plomb changed their name to Proto.

John Garner Looked at the wrenches and Plomb was spelled Pl▽mb. I assumed it was a u. I have a wrench that says Pr▽t▽ Pl▽mb T▽▽l C▽. Should have figured the ▽ was and o. Lynn

 

[Ray,IN]

Can you provide a documented source for that town being named USA? Everything I find indicates it is a myth. There is a town in Japan named Usa for a shrine that exists there.

Nope, that was over 50 yrs ago I think.

 

[Lynerd]

Latest from garage sale down the street. TruFit and the whole lot. 4 on top no name but U.S.A. made. Lynn

 

[rocklouder]

i was at an Estate Sale a couple weeks ago Near Fergus Falls, MN and the guy had a ton of antique tools, toys and collectibles going on in one ring, and household in the other. My buddy and i hung around waiting to see what a couple of the toy tractors would bring and becuase i thought i would toss a bid on some 6 volt battery chargers he had. I ended up getting the charger and an old tool box full of rusty tools in a package deal. i figured i would probably soak the toosl in some wd40 and let my kids play with them after the rust comes off, but after looking i found a couple of turn of the century padlocks complete with working keys, i found some furrier pliers made in England at the turn of the century, a German screwdriver from 1911 with a maker stamp on it. The tools, if i wanted to sell indiviually are almost enough to finance the rebuild of my 1948 B that's next on the list

 

[Lynerd]

Looked up Thorsen Tool and found this on Alloy Artifacts. Lynn

In 1957 Thorsen began offering an economy line of tools under the "Action" brand.

Giller Tool was already part of the Hydrometals conglomerate when Thorsen was acquired in 1968,and under Hydrometals Giller became a subsidiary of Thorsen.