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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: HeelSpur on August 30, 2012, 06:49:04 PM

Title: Cresent Link
Post by: HeelSpur on August 30, 2012, 06:49:04 PM

Is there a site that will show all of the cresent tools that were made?
I can go on for hours just looking for one thing.

Title: Re: Cresent Link
Post by: mikeswrenches on August 30, 2012, 07:23:20 PM

Heelspur,

Here is a link to a site that has the No. 24 Crescent catalog available for download in a pdf format.  Plus a lot of other catalogs.
Hope this helps.

Mike

http://www.roseantiquetools.com/id220.html

Title: Re: Cresent Link
Post by: HeelSpur on August 30, 2012, 07:49:52 PM

Thats what I'm looking for.
I have a pair of cresent tin snips that have V-19 on them but still can't find it there.
Looks like the modern snips with the red, yellow, & green handles, but these are bare metal.
Guess I should've taken a pic, sorry.

Thanks Mike. I'll keep looking.

Title: Re: Cresent Link
Post by: HeelSpur on August 31, 2012, 01:30:01 PM

Here's some pics, if thats catalog 24 is there a way to view the previous 23?

(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j368/wvabe/003-16.jpg)
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j368/wvabe/002-17.jpg)
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j368/wvabe/001-20.jpg)

Title: Re: Cresent Link
Post by: mikeswrenches on August 31, 2012, 07:58:12 PM

Heelspur,
    Here is a list of the Crescent catalog resources that the Alloy Artifacts site listed.  I have no idea if this is all of them.  And also I have no idea where to find them.  Not much help I admit, but the best I can do at the moment.

Catalog Coverage

Our Crescent Tool catalog resources are summarized in the table below.
Catalog    Date    Notes
No. 14    1922    Adjustable wrenches, slip-joint pliers, and folding screwdrivers. Illustrations show "Checkerdot" handles.
No. 16    Jan, 1926    Crescent tools only, no mention of Smith & Hemenway.
No. 17    July, 1926    Includes Smith & Hemenway catalog. Printed by Crescent.
No. 18    1928    
No. 21    1935    
No. 24    1941    
No. 24A    1946    
No. 26    1950    No mention of Smith & Hemenway brand.
No. 27    1953    
No. 29M    1958    Lists wrenches in open-end, combination, and box-end styles. Lists sockets and drive tools in 1/4 to 3/4-drive.
No. 36    1967    Division of Crescent Niagara. Includes wrenches and socket tools. Also includes Bridgeport Hardware line.


Mike

Title: Re: Cresent Link
Post by: lauver on September 01, 2012, 04:35:06 PM

mikeswrenches,

What would your guess be for the date of the 24c catalog?  Looking at the list of catalogs and dates from AA, I'm guessing maybe 1948-ish.

Title: Re: Cresent Link
Post by: rusty on September 01, 2012, 06:08:51 PM

>date of the 24c catalog?

This has come up before.  Page 2 says the crescent wrench is 35 years old, but 1907+35 only gets us to 1942.

If they are counting from the first advertisment, instead of the company founding, then 1910+35 gets us to 1945, which is *still* too early, because it puts catalog 24a after 24c....

One wonders if someone lost track.....

Title: Re: Cresent Link
Post by: mikeswrenches on September 02, 2012, 06:17:39 AM

lauver,

     I'm not much help on dating the catalog.  I'd have to go  with Rusty on this.

Mike