Kearney & Foot Co. of Paterson, New Jersey and Kent, Ohio was bought by Nicholson in 1901. Nicholson continued selling files with the brand name K&F until 1972. After 1972, Cooper sold some files with the K&F name that were made in Mexico and Brazil.
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| Kearney & Foot Co. file box |
Thank you for posting this information. Although this comment likely won't ever be read, I sincerely appreciate this effort. Even more amazing is that Harry J Epstein company is mentioned. I don't think I've seen any blog other than Toolguy'd mention them before.
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DeleteI too have a Kearney and foot bastard file that I might just retire now that I know how old it is.
DeleteI have a file in Australia that was used for filing horse hooves made by the same company.....
ReplyDeleteI live in Aus and have one also - it was my grandfather's and he used it to trim the horses hooves and it was still in his tool box when he passed away. He was born 1910.
DeleteI just found a Kearney & Foot bastard mill 6" file in a box of files I purchased from a jeweler. Amazing find!
ReplyDeleteI have a kearney & foot 12" round bastard wooden handle file that I picked up from OLD MAIN US Post Office Downtown Chicago IL Where can I get more info on my file ?
ReplyDeleteThis was a secondary brand, and I have not located any K&F catalogs. Only the first-quality Nicholson and Black Diamond files were in catalogs.
DeleteWhat do you mean by secondary ? Wasn't Kearney & Foot from 1800s- Nicholson from 1900s ?
DeleteSend me a picture of the stamp on the file to wvamark21@gmail.com
DeleteThank you for your blog on K & F, I love old tools being a Union Carpenter of 27 yrs, finding good quality old tools gets me excited. Just picked up some K & F files, Blue Point, Stanley etc, chisels, and punches.
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Mine says Kearney & Foot
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Made In U.S.A.
Hi, im from argentina and i have a kearney&foot file Made un usa, i don't know how appear un mi dad tool box. It's a amazing tool i love it
ReplyDeleteI've got one too. Lol.
ReplyDeleteI have a couple that are 7 inches long and shaped sort of like a kayak paddle, that is, a flat on each end, albeit pointed. The mid portion is round and a bit more than 1/8th inch thick. The stamp says - KEARNEY & FOOT. MADE IN U.S.A. It looks like they were never used.
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Today I bought a K&F rasp., looks like unused but surface rusted lightly. Teeth very sharp!
ReplyDeleteI found a box containing six new never used K&F files in the original box, so cool. They came out of a school shop class being shut down.
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