chrome molybdenum

[bird]

I have lots of tools with "chrome molybdenum" on them.  Most of them do not have another factory name/ logo..  Does anyone know if most tools that only have the chrome moly. written on them are from Vlchek?? Was that actually a trademark/name Vlchek adopted, or am I missing something (hmmm, I usually am!)?
cheers,
bird

[Papaw]

Chrome molybdenum steel is a high strength steel alloy often used in tools and automotive and aviation applications.

It is called such because the alloying components of the steel include the elements chromium and molybdenum.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_chrome_molybdenum_steel#ixzz1u3TViBme
Other manufacturers used the same term. Some shortened it to Chrome Moly.

[Lump]

Bird,
LOTS of tool manufacturers made product lines of good tools WITHOUT any brand name. These tools were then sold to hardware store chains, etc, so that those companies could put the tools in packaging with their own brand name on them. Unless a company was sure that it could buy tens of thousands of each tool item, it was simply cost-prohibitive to have the tools forged or stamped with their own name on them, so they put their brand names on packaging instead (and some of them actually used decals, screen printing, or stickers on the tools too). Yet they needed to reassure consumers that these private-labeled tools were good quality units, so they often marked them with names like, "Forged in USA," or "Chrome Vanadium," or, like the tools you found in this case.

Cheers!

[bird]

Thanks folks,
    apparentley the actual script/ printed words are suppose to differentiate some of the tools. Thanks for the help.
cheers,
bird.

[leg17]

"Chrome Moly" introduced for hand tools in the 1920's I think.
Makes a tool just as strong but using less material.
Somewhat higher strength than low carbon CRS (cold-rolled steel).

Usual common grades include 4130 and 4140.
Drag racers used to brag that their roll cages were 'chromoly' tubing.
Quite common industrial material.