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Offline hurler99

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Pre-Sears Craftsman Torpedo Level?
« on: October 19, 2017, 04:26:20 PM »
I have uncovered a torpedo level, 8-1/2" long wood, marked with a curvy Craftsman logo.

It appears to me that this is a pre-1927 Marion Tool Ohio level, but there is so little literature on this era I can't be sure.

Hoping there are a flock of experts to mull this over with me.

Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: Pre-Sears Craftsman Torpedo Level?
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2017, 06:17:31 PM »
Does the logo look kind of like this?

If so, it's an early (Sears) Craftsman logo.  It appeared in 1927, but it's not clear to me when Sears moved on to the next logo.

I can't see the level very well, but it looks like a wooden body with metal on top and bottom; is that right?  Cool design, if so.

Offline bill300d

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Re: Pre-Sears Craftsman Torpedo Level?
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2017, 10:14:52 PM »
Hopfully it's not a repro.  They produced some of tools with the logo from that era back a bunch of years, I just don't remember when. 
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Offline hurler99

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Re: Pre-Sears Craftsman Torpedo Level?
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2017, 06:57:07 PM »
Aluminum top, wood bottom.

The Sears I saw like this had two horizontal levels (one each end) which made me think this was different.

I also remember seeing a comment (can't find it now) that somehow the curved Craftsman was changed to add "TOOLS" when Sears bought the name.

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Re: Pre-Sears Craftsman Torpedo Level?
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2017, 04:14:14 PM »
Sorry my photos are so small, just figuring that out. Here is a larger photo of the logo.

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Re: Pre-Sears Craftsman Torpedo Level?
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2017, 04:51:01 PM »
Here is a portion of a page from the 1930 catalog
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