Hand Tool Mfg., Of All Sorts • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 •
Letterhead PIKE MANUFACTURING CO., World's Headquarters for Scythe Stones, Oil Stones, Razor Hones, Etc. Pike Station, N. H., U. S. A. July 26, 1902. Late Victorian styled letterhead to the F. R. Patch Mfg. Col, Rutland, Vt. concerning a delay of a shipment of a "special mosaic machine' to the Pike Mfg. Co. from the Patch Mfg. Co. In addition, there was a delay in a scythe stone machine of experimental design. These machines where intended to reduce the cost of sawing oilstone rock.
Billhead THE PIKE MFG CO. Scythe Stones, Oil Stones, Razor Hones &c. Pike, NH: Jan 19, 1904. Sold to F. L. Steimann & Co. , New York, NY. Fine India (stone), Medium India (stone). No longer Pike Station, N. H., 'Station' is simply crossed out on this billhead.
Billhead EMMERT MFG. CO. Universal Vises. Waynesboro, PA. Feb. 10, 1904. Simple, basic graphic billhead with two engravings of the Emmert Universal Vise. Sold to Indiana University, one #4 Machinist Vise. $10.00. One sawbuck. Certainly makes you stop and think, doesn't it?
Billhead JOHN B. BLACK, MANUFACTURER OF THE ORIGINAL WM. BEATTY & SONS EDGE TOOLS. Chester, PA. Aug 21st, 1911. Sold to I. G. Sprechers' Sons, Ephrata, Pa. 2 Doz Beatty Brady Tobacco Spears #1. There was a tobacco in Pennsylvania?
Receipt H. CHAPIN'S SONS COMPY. MANUFACTURERS OF RULES, PLANES, ETC. Pine Meadow, Conn., Oct. 21, 1911, Receipt to R. R. Carter & Co. Curiously, the receipt notes: Established 1826, Succeeded in 1897 by The H. Chapin's Son Compy. Apparently they did not feel the need to point out from whom they had succeeded.
Billhead CHAS. MORRILL,MANUFACTURER OF LIQUID SOAP DISPENSERS, NAIL PULLERS, BOX OPENERS, SEAL PRESSES, BENCH STOPS, SAW SETS, PUNCHES. 100 Lafayette St. New York. Oct. 8, 1913. How's that for variety in manufacturing? Perhaps best known for his saw sets, Mr. Morrill obviously believed in diversification of his product line. Sold to Myers Hardware, Lexington, Va.
Billhead EAGLE SQUARE MFG. CO. MANUFACTURERS OF CARPENTERS' SQUARES AND BORING MACHINES. South Shaftsbury, Vt., May 4th, 1912. Estimate from F. L. Mattison for filing a saw. This billhead notes "House building materials and brush handles of all kinds" are sold in addition to their well known carpenters squares.
Billhead GOODELL - PRATT COMPANY. TOOLSMITHS.Greenfield, Massachusetts. November, 1913. Sold to Myers Hardware Company, Lexington, Va. One rule for a combination square.
Billhead J. S. DEUSE, (SUCCESSOR TO A. B. AND J. S. DEUSE) MANUFACTURERS OF SPIKE GIMLETS, NAIL SETS, SCREWDRIVER BITS, REAMERS, WOOD AND IRON COUNTERSINKS, DOUBLE SPUR AUGER BITS, GIMLET BITS WITH AND WITHOUT SPURS, DOUBLE TWIST GIMLETS AND BITS, GERMAN BITS, POD GIMLETS. Chester, Conn., Mar. 17, 1911. One of the lesser known makers of boring bits of all sorts. Never let it be said that J. S. Deuse let any opportunity for advertising to slip by.
Letterhead NORTH BROS. MFG. CO., MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWARE SPECIALITIES, "YANKEE" TOOLS, ICE CREAM FREEZERS, ETC. , Office & Works, N. E. Cor. American st. & Lehigh Ave., Philadelphia, PA. December 1st, 1914. An unusual full width graphic letterhead. With this modern letterhead, North Bros. was intent on showing that they had moved on from 19th C influences. Even so, they retained a vignette of a factory with tall chimneys billowing smoke. Sold to Myers Hdwe, Col, Lexington, Va. R. Carter & Co. of New York, as the wholesaler, arranged for replacement steel balls for a Yankee #41 Drill, supplied free of charge
Billhead OHIO TOOL COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF PLANES, PLANE IRONS, CHISELS, DRAWING KNIVES, AUGER BITS, ETC., Columbus, Ohio. May 22, 1901. Sold to Mssrs Henry H. Myers & Son, Lexington, Va. Interesting lot of transitional and iron planes. Unfortunately they could not furnish a #0220 at that time. A nicely composed billhead with serif fonts.
Billhead OHIO TOOL COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH QUALITY MECHANICS TOOLS. Columbus,Ohio, USA. Jan. 29, 1904. Sold to Messrs H. Myers & Son, Lexington, Va. A large lot of transitional, iron and wooden planes plus 1/2 gross jack plane handles. Obviously those trades people where hard on jack planes. Unlike the other two Ohio Tool billheads, this one offers the typical turn of the century design with florid engravings and multiple fonts styles.
Billhead OHIO TOOL COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE MECHANICS TOOLS. Columbus, Ohio. Oct. 6, 1913. Sold to Myers Hdw Co. Lexington, Va. One hollow plane. This variant is very direct. Sans-Serif fonts with the Ohio Globe emblem.
