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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: bonneyman on February 23, 2014, 06:12:50 PM

Title: Harrold tools?
Post by: bonneyman on February 23, 2014, 06:12:50 PM

Found a 3/8" standard driver today marked Harrold tool Co. And I have a 1/4" long standard with the Harrold name on it.
Anybody have any info on that company? Tools seem to be well made, so I snagged them.

All I could find was this entry under a machinist website.

http://wiki.vintagemachinery.org/CrescentHistory.ashx

Title: Re: Harrold tools?
Post by: Lewill2 on February 23, 2014, 06:34:49 PM

They made adjustable wrenches in the Crescent design, in fact there is one on eBay I just saw the other day. We had a thread about them hear before, the wrenches but I don't recall talking about other tools they made.

Title: Re: Harrold tools?
Post by: OilyRascal on February 24, 2014, 06:37:44 AM

I have a pair of slip joint pliers and an adjustable marked "Harrold".  Neither are well made IMO.

Title: Re: Harrold tools?
Post by: oldtools on February 24, 2014, 01:10:07 PM

I found a few of those screwdrivers, they did look well made...

Title: Re: Harrold tools?
Post by: bonneyman on March 21, 2014, 07:03:17 PM

Found another one. Couldn't pass it up for $1.

Title: Re: Harrold tools?
Post by: Papaw on March 21, 2014, 07:48:53 PM

Mentioned on Tool Talk at least 4 times-
 Just poke Harrold in the search box.

Title: Re: Harrold tools?
Post by: bonneyman on March 22, 2014, 09:58:09 AM

Quote from: Papaw on March 21, 2014, 07:48:53 PM

Mentioned on Tool Talk at least 4 times-
 Just poke Harrold in the search box.

Gosh, looks like Harrold went through one merger/sell-off after another. No mention of hand tools, just wood working machines.
My tools "look" 1970's. By then, they were no longer independently owned. Still USA made though, so, at least that's good.

http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=224

Title: Re: Harrold tools?
Post by: amecks on March 22, 2014, 10:15:02 AM

You gotta like a screwdriver with a hex on the shaft!

Title: Re: Harrold tools?
Post by: rusty on March 22, 2014, 10:57:15 AM

>You gotta like a screwdriver with a hex on the shaft!

Yea, and I seem to remember that was somebody's patented feature, so I am leaning toward 'made for Harrold'

Title: Re: Harrold tools?
Post by: HeelSpur on March 22, 2014, 12:50:11 PM

Picked these up today, 6".

(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j368/wvabe/001-5.jpg)
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j368/wvabe/002-13.jpg)