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Crescent Chisel

Started by Lewill2, July 20, 2011, 06:56:13 PM

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Lewill2

I picked this wood chisel up the other day at a flea market.
Marked,
MFD By S&H Co Division of
Crescent Tool Co. Jamestown NY
No 175-1in.
Made In USA

Who is the S&H Co?

kxxr

From the Alloy Artifacts website:
By 1926 Crescent had acquired the Smith & Hemenway Company, a maker of pliers and other tools in operation since the early 1900s (or before). Crescent continued to use the S&H factory in Irvington, New Jersey, and the full S&H product line was added to the Crescent catalogs beginning with catalog No. 17 in (late) 1926. Incidentally, catalog No. 17 appears to have been the first catalog published by Crescent's own printing facility.
The Smith and Hemenway Company has a small section of their own on the AA website.
http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/smith-hemenway.html

Lewill2

Thank You kxxr, I keep forgetting to go to Alloy Artifacts for some reason.

Branson

One just sold on eBay -- 320724172601 -- went for $16.49 with $3.50 shipping.