tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989322772830478372024-03-09T20:49:51.689-08:00American Made FilesMark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-34393018066593313142021-05-10T10:40:00.004-07:002021-05-10T10:40:36.465-07:00 Chelsea File Works<p>Chelsea File Works of Norwich, Connecticut used the brand name Chelsea.</p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOK3ZwgNdskcOkt3fQv8Wx3h0vNtr3DuE56pN-Q7PvILnNXzdJF9fCjgo_PGMdjyOWytQNGTUYeI1bNSjQOPLE7apx258sjN3JXAru6X8uyzaT7lSNwKve2d0SYnsjLxdd3uhnWD50_qE/s2048/Chelsea+File+Works+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="2048" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOK3ZwgNdskcOkt3fQv8Wx3h0vNtr3DuE56pN-Q7PvILnNXzdJF9fCjgo_PGMdjyOWytQNGTUYeI1bNSjQOPLE7apx258sjN3JXAru6X8uyzaT7lSNwKve2d0SYnsjLxdd3uhnWD50_qE/w400-h209/Chelsea+File+Works+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy of a reader, Alan</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div><br /></div>Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-29874909683827445322018-09-13T06:40:00.001-07:002018-09-13T06:40:33.090-07:00International Tool Catalog LibraryCatalogs with files and rasps from the US, Canada, and a few European countries are now in the <a href="https://archive.org/details/internationaltoolcataloglibrary?&and[]=subject%3A%22files%20and%20rasps%22" target="_blank">International Tool Catalog Library</a> on the Internet Archive. The dates are from 1823 to 1972.<br />
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<br />Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-18786508717390131532016-12-28T04:13:00.001-08:002016-12-28T04:13:57.988-08:00Warrensville Swiss Pattern Files<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSObjiBv8yAs2Pv33sMvkeYNRubHUzjD6Q-wVSHr7JFhURl1IfX-s7q8gwpir4uQyH6UpLWT66TfojfOf8qUhWWdX4spPR1x6iyXt26rJJHaAUtj4rNKhmck-nn6goJSeRZDPUOvx9boo/s1600/Warrensville+File+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSObjiBv8yAs2Pv33sMvkeYNRubHUzjD6Q-wVSHr7JFhURl1IfX-s7q8gwpir4uQyH6UpLWT66TfojfOf8qUhWWdX4spPR1x6iyXt26rJJHaAUtj4rNKhmck-nn6goJSeRZDPUOvx9boo/s320/Warrensville+File+%25282%2529.jpg" width="218" /></a><a href="http://www.warrensvillefile.com/" target="_blank">Warrensville File & Knife, Inc.</a>, is a dealer and has possibly been a manufacturer of Swiss pattern files and rasps.<br />
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Warrensville began over 35 years ago in Warrensville, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb. I have scanned an <a href="https://archive.org/details/WarrensvilleFilesRaspsSwissPattern" target="_blank">older Warrensville catalog</a>, and at that time they were located at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4242161,-81.4927939,3a,36.9y,344.95h,87.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1samLJLADJI1FyclAZW95g9g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1" target="_blank">26309 Miles Rd., Cleveland, OH</a>.<br />
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They are now located at 5555 Oakbrook Parkway, Norcross, Georgia.<br />
Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-36785206854149458862016-11-19T09:54:00.002-08:002017-07-23T08:12:49.064-07:00Catalogs Now on Archive.orgMost of the catalogs I have scanned are <a href="https://archive.org/details/internationaltoolcataloglibrary?and[]=subject%3A%22files+and+rasps%22" target="_blank">now on Archive.org</a>. There are 62-plus with the key words "files and rasps" and more are coming, including some rare items. Most catalogs are American, with a few English and French tool makers also. There are 16 Nicholson File Co. catalogs, including their complete hand saw line and industrial hammers.<br />
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<br />Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-15368398813406097262016-08-26T13:28:00.000-07:002016-08-26T13:49:43.958-07:00Keen Kutter Files by Simmons and Shapleigh Hardware Companies<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Keen Kutter was the leading brand name of E.C. Simmons Hardware of St. Louis, Missouri. In 1940 Shapleigh Hardware, also of St. Louis, took over Simmons and continued the Keen Kutter brand name. We do not know which American file maker produced Keen Kutter files, but all Keen Kutter items and their boxes are very collectible. Earlier Keen Kutter files came in wood boxes with sliding lids, and later ones in conventional cardboard boxes. <br />
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The files section from Simmons Keen Kutter Catalog No. 776 is listed in American File Manufacturer Catalogs.<br />
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<br />Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-42715712298993520902016-08-03T05:36:00.001-07:002016-08-03T09:33:30.838-07:00McClellan File Co. of Saginaw MI<div class="MsoNormal">
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McClellan File Co. of Saginaw, Michigan is best known as a secondary brand of Nicholson File Co., which bought McClellan in 1897-1898 during a wave of consolidation in the American file industry.<br />
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Little is known so far about the history of this company before 1898. In 1883 it was operating as Michigan Saw & File Works, with William McClellan as vice president and John J. McClellan as foreman. By 1889, the business was named McClellan File Co., located at 133 S. Water St., Saginaw, with principals William McClellan and Andrew Johnson.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Modern Machinery</i>, Vol 3-4, 1898</td></tr>
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Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-12208416870329343262016-04-15T16:46:00.003-07:002016-04-15T16:46:35.510-07:00Automotive Files<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I have just posted Heller's 1965 <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzJxodHACRRuc05CTXFtSUMtWEU/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Automotive Files and Tools</a>, which includes the Vixen body and reveal files and 9 different file holders, along with ignition files. It also includes price lists from 1970 and 1971. </div>
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Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-20761064961241711612016-04-09T08:37:00.002-07:002021-09-25T17:34:45.415-07:00Enderes Tool Co., Enderes Manufacturing Co.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNfDSAurZhWGJo7J_26jTqXshprIuY_iwztXwS91qS0gqpUO5DV-2zUFQwfJD5U0sbUrzar98n1V784hokDvuHi4LtGjUVf6_BKNwL15NTsSfUyJ_Fd27TbBP2QalrO2zTbjSYZfAHvP0/s1600/1_cc168b0978059bbdc1c021866c9afe5d.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNfDSAurZhWGJo7J_26jTqXshprIuY_iwztXwS91qS0gqpUO5DV-2zUFQwfJD5U0sbUrzar98n1V784hokDvuHi4LtGjUVf6_BKNwL15NTsSfUyJ_Fd27TbBP2QalrO2zTbjSYZfAHvP0/s1600/1_cc168b0978059bbdc1c021866c9afe5d.jpg" /></a><a href="http://02c35e5.netsolhost.com/index.htm" target="_blank">Enderes Tool Company</a> of Albert Lea, Minnesota, is best known for making chisels. In their long history, Enderes has also made files and rasps and many other forged steel tools. In 1921 Enderes Tool's output included automobile tools, auger bits, blacksmith and farrier's tools, bricklayer's and mason's tools, butcher tools, carpenter's tools, chisels, crow bars, files and rasps, floral tools, hammer handles, hatchets, hunting and pocket knives, mining tools, nail pullers, plasterer's tools, punches, saw blades, scissors, screwdrivers, sledge hammers, vises, wedges, and wrenches. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAoKsRM1R4DGDAgMCeBuFjiZYBdo0G8jjBvwFQdVaQP7uKlvbkuiMLfKZN7x9nkN0Avnrifw5cPOacJCqwKZVfS5-dtDN0K46itL-6QaWjacDMSYS35lM5jretLF25fEoWMnfNAjjJhQ/s1600/Southern+Hardware%252C+Vol.+86%252C+1921.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAoKsRM1R4DGDAgMCeBuFjiZYBdo0G8jjBvwFQdVaQP7uKlvbkuiMLfKZN7x9nkN0Avnrifw5cPOacJCqwKZVfS5-dtDN0K46itL-6QaWjacDMSYS35lM5jretLF25fEoWMnfNAjjJhQ/s400/Southern+Hardware%252C+Vol.+86%252C+1921.jpg" width="147" /></a>Ernst Enderes <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=53807306&amp;ref=acom" target="_blank">(1861-1937)</a>, son of immigrants from Saxony, opened a blacksmith's shop in Littleport, Iowa, in 1885. In 1907 he incorporated as Enderes Manufacturing Co., and in 1910 Enderes affiliated with Albert Lea Manufacturing, 150 miles away in southeast Minnesota. In 1916, <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zxtKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA806&dq=enderes+littleport+albert+lea&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjD0IaXwITMAhUCaT4KHbaqBvwQ6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=enderes%20littleport%20albert%20lea&f=false" target="_blank">Enderes moved all operations to Albert Lea</a> after constructing a new plant. By 1919, Enderes had 4 companies, with Enderes Manufacturing Co. and Enderes Tool Co. making tools, Harris-Enderes Co. making knives and cleavers, and Enderes, Inc., a hardware manufacturer's agency. At an unknown date, the business consolidated as simply Enderes Tool Co. Enderes Tool's current offices are at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6802701,-93.3511525,3a,58.5y,347.72h,83.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLMl8kKNB15VaOeWNlPqsrg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1" target="_blank">1103 Hershey St.</a> and its plant is at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6234767,-93.3585785,3a,15.5y,147.22h,87.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9n0T_xX72c-9_vGSNt584Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en" target="_blank">924 E 14th St.</a>, Albert Lea. Enderes changed owners in 2012, but remains locally owned with American production. In addition to making tools with their own name, Enderes has done contract manufacturing for Sears and other brands.<br />
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Here is a scan of <a href="https://archive.org/details/EnderesCatalogueB1921" target="_blank">Enderes Catalogue B, 1921</a>.<br />
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As a side note, in 1921 Carl A. Palmgren, plant superintendent of the Enderes Manufacturing Co., left to run newly-formed <a href="http://trowelcollector.blogspot.com/2014/12/history-of-dasco-damascus-steel.html" target="_blank">Damascus Steel Products Co</a>. in Rockford, IL.<br />
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From <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDdAAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA109&dq=enderes&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-ku_Tof3LAhWIlh4KHRgNCwMQ6AEIKzAC#v=onepage&q=enderes&f=false" target="_blank"><i>History of Clayton County, Iowa, </i>Volume 1, 1916, by Realto E. Price</a>:<br />
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<i>Ernst Enderes holds a place of prominence as one of the representative business men of his native county, as he is president of the Enderes Manufacturing Company, which is engaged in the manufacturing of various types of tools at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littleport,_Iowa" target="_blank">Littleport</a>. The company has a well equipped plant and certain of the high-grade tools manufactured were invented and patented by the president of the corporation, who has long been known as a man of fine mechanical ability.</i><br />
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<i>Mr. Enderes was born on the old homestead farm of his father, near Communia, this county, and the date of his nativity was March 9, 1861. He is a son of John and Barbara (Prupst) Enderes, both natives of Germany and both honored pioneer citizens of Clayton county at the time of their death. John Enderes was one of the earliest settlers in the community about Communia, this county, where he established his home about the year 1849 and where he reclaimed and improved a good farm. He was a nailsmith by trade and prior to coming to Clayton county he had followed the work of his trade. Of the three children the eldest is William, who is a resident of Littleport; and Ernst and Emiline were twins, the latter being now deceased.</i><br />
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<i>Ernst Enderes was reared under the invigorating discipline of the farm and made good use of the advantages afforded in the public schools of the locality and period. In his youth he learned the trade of blacksmith, and at the age of twenty years he left the parental home and engaged in the work of his trade in Postville, Allamakee county. There he remained about four years, and he then, in 1885, established his home at Littleport, where for the ensuing twenty-six years he vigorously and successfully applied himself to the work of his trade, as the owner of a blacksmith shop.</i><br />
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<i>In 1907 he became the founder of the prosperous manufacturing enterprise of which he is now the executive head, and his associates as stockholders and directors of the company are Ernst and John W. Enderes, Christ C. Pust, Elmer L. Gifford, and George C. Ruegnitz, Jr. In politics Mr. Enderes gives his allegiance to no definite party but supports the men and measures meeting the approval of his judgment. He is affiliated with the local organizations of the Modern Woodmen of America and with the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. On the 18th of September, 1883, Mr. Enderes wedded Miss Louisa Hupp, who was born in Allamakee county, this state, and they have three children: John is associated with the manufacturing company of which his father is president; Rose is the wife of George Ruegnitz, of Volga township; and Elise is the wife of Seymour Lalleyer, of Littleport.</i><br />
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From <a href="http://www.enderes.com/history.htm" target="_blank">Enderes Tools website</a>:<br />
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<i>Enderes Tool Company was founded in Albert Lea, Minnesota in 1910, the result of a merger between Albert Lea Machinery Company, which was founded in 1908 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, by Joe Pihl; and Enderes Manufacturing Company, which was founded in 1896 in Littleport, Iowa and was owned by Ernst Enderes. Enderes Manufacturing Company produced three tools – a 14" cutting nipper, a staple puller, and a drop forged cold chisel. The Albert Lea Machinery Company sold those three tools for Enderes Manufacturing Company.</i><br />
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<i>Sales soon outstripped production capabilities, and an expansion was required. The entire operation was relocated to a new plant in Albert Lea, Minnesota. The old octagon tool plant burned to the ground in 1966, and we built our present plant. Enderes has always been a family-held corporation.</i>Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-81526787749274579102016-04-04T18:01:00.000-07:002016-04-09T06:09:15.986-07:00Nolvex File Company<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Edward A. Noll, <i>Cleveland</i>, Vol. 1, 1918</td></tr>
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Nolvex File Company, 10329 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, made auto body files and their wooden handles, plus a small selection of other files and rasps. Nolvex used Blue Streak as a brand name, and Aetna File Resharpening Service was a subsidiary.<br />
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Nolvex was incorporated in 1923 and run by 3 generations of the Noll family <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ts8TAQAAMAAJ&q=nolvex&dq=nolvex&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5gK3agvXLAhVCQiYKHeZqBYkQ6AEILDAB" target="_blank">as late as 1966</a>. It was founded by machinist and businessman <a href="https://archive.org/stream/cleveland01unse#page/151/mode/1up/search/Noll" target="_blank">Edward August Noll</a> (1867-1939), who had organized National Tool Co. in 1905, producing milling cutters and related special tools. Noll's son Edward Leonard Noll (1902-1973) was Nolvex president and treasurer in 1934, his wife Clara A. Volk Noll (1901-1968) served as treasurer, and Frank Seedlock was vice president. By 1954 Edward L. and Clara's son Edward A. Noll was vice president.<br />
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<a href="https://www.google.com/patents/US2087484" target="_blank">US Patent 2087484</a> was issued 20 July 1937 to Frank Seedlock and assigned to Nolvex File Co. The patent drawing shows a large-toothed flat file similar to the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzJxodHACRRuZTZwaHhzaHRCWkk/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Vixen</a>. These worked very well for the lead used as auto body filler.<br />
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Nolvex employees, customers, and product displays are shown in <a href="http://digital.wrhs.org/islandora/object/wrhs%3A1820" target="_blank">this photograph</a> in the Western Reserve Historical Society collection. The date given is 1920s, which I believe is 20 years too early. Edward Leonard Noll is the man at the far left.<br />
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The YouTube video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3dNzH0GEng" target="_blank">Body Leadwork: The Lost Art with Steve Frisbie</a> shows the variety of files and holders used in lead body work.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">US Patent 2087484</td></tr>
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Following is an edited quote from <i>The Book of Clevelanders</i>, published 1914:<br />
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<i><b>NOLL, Edward A</b>; president National Tool Co.; born, Cumberland, Md., May 19, 1867; son of Henry P. and Elizabeth Sheermesser Noll; educated, Cleveland public school; married, Cleveland, March, 1902 , Lulu M. Miller; issue, one son, Edward Leonard Noll; at the age of 14, went to work as office boy for the Y. M. C. A; in 1883, went with The Warner & Swasey Co., as apprentice, graduating as machinist and toolmaker; in 1887, employed by The National Tube Co., at McKeesport, Pa.; in 1889, with Cleveland Rubber Co.; in 1891, with The Cleveland Automatic Machine Co.; in 1892, with The Standard Tool Co., as foreman, until Aug. 5, 1905, when he organized The National Tool Co.; (president); director The Cleveland Pythian Castle Company; Trustee National Lodge, No. 626, Knights of Pythias; member Chamber of Industry, and Automobile Club.</i><br />
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Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-29176186719134346012016-02-28T09:14:00.000-08:002016-03-05T05:50:12.554-08:00Nicholson File News <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdvVunNhBwpk3Bj_0DbN7Xgwg3KCsBspG4GB2FS0zTXzr_i-GJv0V9VqiDhNJ3pbmx_i9n_jZpU7I7CVQ9k_Q0g2Uek-QgLwxQAjXBYOqOcEMIRQmJZHpwW6b7ZdWH894T-QHaSgYm8c/s1600/Nicholson+new2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdvVunNhBwpk3Bj_0DbN7Xgwg3KCsBspG4GB2FS0zTXzr_i-GJv0V9VqiDhNJ3pbmx_i9n_jZpU7I7CVQ9k_Q0g2Uek-QgLwxQAjXBYOqOcEMIRQmJZHpwW6b7ZdWH894T-QHaSgYm8c/s320/Nicholson+new2.jpg" width="246" /></a>From <a href="http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=7197935&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=" target="_blank">WoodNet Forums</a>, there is some possible good news about Nicholson files. According to this post by Daryl Weir, Nicholson has changed the packaging of their carded files from blue to green, with an accompanying increase in quality of the files. Please read it and judge for yourself.Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-87424954231213578252016-02-17T15:56:00.002-08:002016-02-20T19:02:31.267-08:00Whipple File Manufacturing Co.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Whipple File Manufacturing Co. is significant because it was the first large-scale attempt to make files by machinery in the United States. It was named for Milton Dexter Whipple (1797-1873), a native of Worcester, Massachusetts. Milton Whipple was a gifted machinist with a number of patents in file-making, textile machinery, and engraving. His oldest son Lyman W. Whipple (1824-1886) followed his father in the mechanical profession and worked with him at Whipple File.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wkfinetools.com/hUS-files/whippleFileCo/whippleFile-index.asp" target="_blank">Whipple File started in 1859</a>, with William P. Pierce, a Boston dry goods merchant, as president. Its offices and sales room were at 34 Kilby St., Boston, Massachusetts, and the plant was at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballardvale,_Massachusetts" target="_blank">Ballard Vale</a> (also spelled Ballardvale), MA. Whipple took over <a href="http://www.andovertownsman.com/news/local_news/andover-stories-ballardvale-and-its-mills/article_06c623d6-ee8e-5288-8dee-d4b6f48f5042.html" target="_blank">John Marland's machine shop</a> in 1860, then built its own works. Whipple was highly capitalized, $1 million in 1866, which it invested in a large works, machinery, steel making, and advertising. It suffered negative publicity when its files were included in a 65-day trial in 1865, <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QU7DtQaxnaQC&lpg=RA1-PA54&ots=8R53olsk1-&dq=%22whipple%20file%22&pg=PA19#v=onepage&q=%22whipple%20file%22&f=false" target="_blank">The United States versus Franklin W. Smith</a>. Mr. Smith was accused of supplying substandard goods, including Whipple files, to the Charlestown Navy Yard during the Civil War.<br />
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Whipple failed in 1869 with a total loss of $2 million, in part because of resistance to machine-cut files. This must have been one of the the largest business failures of the time. The 4-acre works <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=k98_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1655&dq=whipple+file+ballardvale&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwirlNGoq8rKAhWmrYMKHYYZCEQ4ChDoAQhFMAY#v=onepage&q=whipple%20file%20ballardvale&f=false" target="_blank">remained vacant until 1883</a>. The task of perfecting machine-cut files passed to <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PZ07AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA7-PA25#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">Whipple's chief draftsman, Alfred Weed</a>, and to William T. Nicholson, founder of Nicholson File.<br />
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Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-89614107371573793502016-01-23T13:13:00.003-08:002018-05-12T06:00:19.682-07:00Western File Co., Great Western File Co.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFK-U0UmDJXWTQ7xg_P-dw0oenXBC8OsZyxk-HK-ZqSEZgoY0PlNUIAu9CjQTraABo-Bgq2A-vjRk_cHZ-dXnTrYPJZMEaV0K_JiS5OymSUFHs-2dkMs3Qh5y_Z4viHjCHb-WgJTBJo8/s1600/Great+Western+12%2527%2527+8%2527%2527+round+crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFK-U0UmDJXWTQ7xg_P-dw0oenXBC8OsZyxk-HK-ZqSEZgoY0PlNUIAu9CjQTraABo-Bgq2A-vjRk_cHZ-dXnTrYPJZMEaV0K_JiS5OymSUFHs-2dkMs3Qh5y_Z4viHjCHb-WgJTBJo8/s200/Great+Western+12%2527%2527+8%2527%2527+round+crop.jpg" width="166" /></a><br />
Western File Company of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Falls,_Pennsylvania" target="_blank">Beaver Falls</a>, Pennsylvania was founded in 1869 and made a limited company in 1873. In 1878 it registered the following trademarks with the US Patent Office: Economy Works with Cast Steel Files, Western File Works, Beaver File Works, Western Files, and Economy Works with Superior Files. Western File Company's 1883 catalog is on <a href="https://archive.org/details/WesternFileCo1885/page/n0/mode/2up" target="_blank">Archive.org</a>.<br />
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When Nicholson File Co. took control in 1895, it formed a subsidiary, Great Western File Co., capitalized at $400,000, and operated it as the Great Western branch of the Nicholson File Co. Operations continued in Beaver Falls until 1904, when Great Western's production was moved to the former Arcade plant in Anderson, Indiana.<br />
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The following history is from <i>History of Beaver County Pennsylvania and its Centennial Celebration</i>, by Rev. Joseph H. Bausman, 1904:<br />
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<i>The works of the Great Western File Company, Limited, were built in 1869 by David Blake and James M. Fessenden. Four years later the capacity was doubled. In 1875 the firm was changed to a limited company, with James M. Fessenden, chairman; E. L. Blake, secretary; and F. F. Foshay, treasurer. On the 19th of April, 1880, the entire works were destroyed by fire, with an almost total loss, but in eighteen weeks they were rebuilt on a much larger scale and were again in active operation. In 1883 Hon. Henry Hice became chairman, and George W. Morrison, secretary and treasurer. In 1899 the Great Western File Works was absorbed by the present company, under the style of the Nicholson File Works. </i><br />
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Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-1188127757164120962016-01-09T08:45:00.002-08:002017-07-23T08:10:19.105-07:00Moore Brothers, Jamestown, New York<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Moore Brothers was a manufacturer of hand saws, files, and auger bits, located in Jamestown, New York. According to their advertising, the business began in 1868. Fred Dalson Moore (1853-1928) and his son Fred D. Moore Jr. (1886-?) and grandson Fred D. Moore III (1910-1960) ran the business. Fred Dalson Moore patented a file for sharpening auger bits, <a href="https://www.google.com/patents/US343136" target="_blank">1 June 1886, US Patent 343136</a>. Moore Brothers advertised their files frequently in trade publications from 1911 to 1914. A <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Yqs6AQAAMAAJ&dq=Building%20Age%2C%20Volume%2036&pg=RA7-PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">1914 article in <i>Building Age</i></a> described their output:<br />
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<i>Some interesting information relative to the leading lines of saws and files made by Moore Brothers Jamestown NY is contained in a 44 page catalogue which is being distributed among the trade. Special attention is called to the makers XX hand edge taper files which are made from the highest grade of steel and produced on machines operated by practical file makers. Special stress is laid upon the durability of these files and to the satisfaction which they give wherever introduced. The greater portion of the catalogue is devoted to the various lines of saws turned out by Moore Brothers who have had 46 years [1868] experience as saw and file makers. In connection with the various illustrations is brief descriptive matter together with sizes prices etc. Not the least interesting feature of the catalogue are the testimonial letters from some of the many who have handled and used saws and files of this concern, the list representing a wide range of territory.</i><br />
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Moore also used the name Empire State Saw & File Works in 1902, and used XX as a brand name for files and saws, as well as Empire State for saws. The etchings on Moore's hand saws were unusually informative, with one reading (commas added): <i>Made from Jessop and Sons English Steel, Patent Ground, Furnace Bottom Temper, Double Extra London Spring Steel Warranted. </i>Although usually referred to as Moore Brothers, the 1928 Jamestown city directory called them Moore Brothers Saw, File & Tool Corp. At some time between 1939 and 1942 manufacturing ceased and the name went back to simply Moore Brothers, with the business described as wholesale hardware dealers in 1942. Moore Brothers Catalog No. 36 is on <a href="https://archive.org/details/MooreBrothersSawsFilesToolsCatalogNo36" target="_blank">Archive.org</a>.<br />
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Moore Brothers’ works was on<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jamestown,+NY/@42.0949228,-79.2387678,172m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x89d2a8e4143e8a2b:0x650f6a65c85e2b7b!6m1!1e1?hl=en" target="_blank"> East 1st Street, which has several surviving brick factory buildings</a> but which has not been photographed by Google Street View. The addresses changed from 11-13 E. 1st (1901), 195 E. 1st Street (1932), 116 E. 1st St. (1936), and 118 E. 1st St. (1942). It’s possible that More rented space or was in the same building but the street was renumbered, common in the early 20th century. The works was next to the small Chadakoin River, and on the opposite bank was the well-known <a href="http://alloy-artifacts.org/crescent-tool.html#history" target="_blank">Crescent Tool</a> factory.<br />
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Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-35602478866185910332015-12-22T16:58:00.001-08:002018-02-27T10:35:54.683-08:00American File Co., Pawtucket, Rhode IslandAmerican File Company, chartered May 1863, was unusual in that it started as a stock company with a large capitalization. It was also one of the first American file makers to mechanize. In 1882 they employed 200 men and had a capital of $500,000. Despite these advantages, American struggled financially and was bought by Nicholson File in 1890.<br />
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American's first works was at the corner of Main St. and Pine St., Pawtucket (see Google Street View below). The company failed, and this works was sold to Slater Cotton Co. The reorganized business incorporated in 1875 as New American File Co. The new works was at 152 Dexter St., Central Falls, adjacent to Pawtucket. The third location was in the <a href="https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:212499/" target="_blank">block bounded by Dexter, Rand, Pine, and Mowry Streets,</a> in Central Falls.<br />
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Pawtucket was a center of file-making, with about 9 firms in the late 19th century, with more information available at <a href="http://www.netris.org/RIToolmakers/FILEMAKING/PawtFilemakers2.htm" target="_blank">Early RI Toolmakers & Tradesmen</a>.<br />
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Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-50027480531796785112015-12-19T05:59:00.002-08:002021-11-01T10:13:34.047-07:00McCaffrey File Co.<div style="text-align: right;">
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Hugh McCaffrey and his younger brother John, began manufacturing files in Philadelphia, PA, in January 1863 under the name of McCaffrey and Brother. In July, 1889, the business was incorporated under the title of The McCaffrey File Company. McCaffrey File Co. was bought by Nicholson File Co. in 1926. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zJU7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA67&dq=Hugh+McCaffrey#v=onepage&q=Hugh%20McCaffrey&f=false" target="_blank">This link</a> is for several pages about McCaffrey in the 1913 <i>Hardware Dealers' Magazine</i>. McCaffrey's address was 1839 N. 5th St., just south W. Berks St., in the Kensington neighborhood. The factory was just north of the famous Stetson Hat Co. factory complex.<br />
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Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-90395692702808647292015-12-17T17:29:00.000-08:002016-07-30T21:02:36.699-07:00Whitaker Manufacturing Co.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Whitaker Manufacturing Co. made hardware and agricultural specialties, including files, in Chicago, IL. They were in business from 1903 to at least 1974. The address in 1914 was 509 W. Monroe St., Chicago, and by 1917 it was 409-15 S. Green St., Chicago. Their files were branded Triple Diamond or Whitaker. One source from 1914 gives other brand names, but these may have been made by another company. In 1941, the factory was in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearing,_Chicago" target="_blank">Clearing, IL</a> (now part of Chicago). Thank you to reader Gary S. for his assistance.<br />
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This link is to the hand tools section of <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzJxodHACRRucjIyY0dxTWtJLTA/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Whitaker's Catalog No. 55</a> from 1941, and this is the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzJxodHACRRuR1o0TTJnMldERnc/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">1941 Dealer's Discount Sheet</a> for all of Whitaker's products.<br />
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Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-66226682022296660102015-12-12T06:11:00.005-08:002016-01-13T13:56:56.174-08:00Stokes Brothers Manufacturing Co.Stokes Brothers Manufacturing Co. specialized in horse and shoe rasps. Their factory was at Bannard St. and Vought Ave. in Freehold, New Jersey. The building still exists. Stokes Brothers incorporated in 1888, according to their letterhead, and Heller Brothers of Newark, NJ took them over in 1943.<br />
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Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-1232571249226962592015-09-29T15:41:00.003-07:002015-09-29T16:45:16.139-07:00Banner File Works<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9N0807U7mRT0MgQ-jO9aelgIJ3sKbg12GlrbZ157LVju_MHoFUT2Tl6pgvK3cGnZ-cJCbrOxicMasVAakRFOABivaZQFEFMZtTql7m7LjQCYjqndZfcs5IOYVeVDVulkOoAYtdi-s1JM/s1600/Banner_2232+crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9N0807U7mRT0MgQ-jO9aelgIJ3sKbg12GlrbZ157LVju_MHoFUT2Tl6pgvK3cGnZ-cJCbrOxicMasVAakRFOABivaZQFEFMZtTql7m7LjQCYjqndZfcs5IOYVeVDVulkOoAYtdi-s1JM/s320/Banner_2232+crop.jpg" width="107" /></a>While sorting my file collection, I found one made by Banner File Works, of Almonte, Ontario. Banner occupied part of a stone building built in 1857, originally James Rosamond's No. 2 textile mill.<br />
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To see a large collection of photographs of Almonte, <a href="http://almonte.com/our-history/historic-photo-archive/" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br />
For Google Street View of Banner's probable location, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Almonte,+Mississippi+Mills,+ON,+Canada/@45.226383,-76.1977699,3a,41.6y,84.9h,93.97t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2pOUL7QakYJ7dDsoXMambQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D2pOUL7QakYJ7dDsoXMambQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D130.28867%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x4cd21a8fabc8f75f:0xa948c9538990778f?hl=en" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br />
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<br />Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-78880691915537814182015-09-28T19:03:00.001-07:002016-09-01T19:14:04.890-07:00American Swiss File & Tool Co.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLRgVtpoy0_pDu0cV969uRAGwQgQqmODvDK4t084btjfveL3BeAwrcfLghLZcnlVMCZOhd4XVoJNEfhKEo-Ct0L3DCV_I2AahUNa9o-BBiXWFy_A-8tnCdFhfwUkWzSzH5xdNmcmdQg8Y/s1600/%2524_57+%25286%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLRgVtpoy0_pDu0cV969uRAGwQgQqmODvDK4t084btjfveL3BeAwrcfLghLZcnlVMCZOhd4XVoJNEfhKEo-Ct0L3DCV_I2AahUNa9o-BBiXWFy_A-8tnCdFhfwUkWzSzH5xdNmcmdQg8Y/s320/%2524_57+%25286%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a>American Swiss File & Tool Co was located at 410-416 Trumbull St., Elizabeth, New Jersey. They were bought in 1944 by Heller Brothers.<br />
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The YouTube link in comments is for <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tREg1ncmqUI" target="_blank">G.S. McLelland's 1905 American Swiss File & Tool Co., 410 Trumbull Elizabeth, N.J.</a></i><br />
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This is a short personal history of the videographer's grandfather, who was a grinder at American Swiss File & Tool Co. from 1916 to 1941. It includes a tour of the outside and inside of the building, which JJJ Distributors occupies today.<br />
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Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-20447349825386605512015-09-12T14:03:00.001-07:002017-12-30T13:24:35.850-08:00Madden (Eagle) File Works, Middletown, New York <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The small Hudson River Valley city of Middletown, New York had a succession of file, saw, steel, and hardware manufacturing businesses with some continuity of ownership from the 1850s through the late 20th century. The family who was most involved with the file business was that of Edward M. Madden (1818-1885), who was followed by his nephew Isaac P. Madden (1836-1888), and Isaac's son Franklin M. Madden (1866-1915). <br />
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The saw business was established first, as Wheeler, Madden & Bakewell in 1853, changing to Wheeler, Madden & Clemson in 1860, to National Saw Works in 1890, and closure by Henry Disston in the early 1900s. The saw factory was called Monhagen Saw Works, and was then occupied by Schrade Cutlery Co. Clemson's sons had another business in Middletown, <a href="http://oldtoolheaven.com/history/history4.htm" target="_blank">Clemson Brothers, Inc.</a>, which made Star hacksaw blades until the 21st century. This occupies the original file works site.<br />
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The various file-making business names, in approximate date order are:<br />
King, Cockayne & Co., or Madden & Cockayne File Works (1857) </div>
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Madden & Cockayne File Co. (1877)<br />
Eagle File Co. (before 1900)</div>
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R. H. Madden Co., Inc. (1922)<br />
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The file factory was called both Madden File Works and Eagle File Works*, and located on Railroad Ave. (Erie Railroad tracks) at Montgomery Ave., directly across from the saw works. The files themselves were stamped Wheeler, Madden & Clemson, Eagle Middletown, Eagle, Madden, and Madden USA.<br />
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At an unknown date before 1900, the file factory changed its name to Eagle File Co., or this may have been a labeling change. </div>
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<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uX8XAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA8-PA24&lpg=RA8-PA24&dq=Madden+%26+Cockayne+File+Co&source=bl&ots=OLPHb9d13Q&sig=xDZ15FCVaXiezxIj5zsA37ZHk7Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwia7IzdgevJAhVGdj4KHdfLCtkQ6AEIHzAB#v=onepage&q=Madden%20%26%20Cockayne%20File%20Co&f=false" target="_blank">On 18 January 1900, Nicholson File Co. purchased Eagle File Co.</a>, formerly Madden & Cockayne File Co., with plans to continue operating the Middletown plant. Apparently this did not last long, and Clemson Brothers occupied the file works site for the next 100 years. On Google Street View below, the Wheeler, Madden & Clemson saw works is on the right and the first file works was on the left, where a faded sign reads "VICTOR SAW WORKS". <br />
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A 1905 announcement said that Madden & Morrison File Co., had just incorporated to manufacture files and rasps, and did not mention Nicholson File Co. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=LB5KAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1147&lpg=PA1147&dq=Madden+%26+Cockayne+File+Co&source=bl&ots=CQbk8n9jPE&sig=LxRWvm6WetN_U0RdePfDKGX61oU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwia7IzdgevJAhVGdj4KHdfLCtkQ6AEIMDAF#v=onepage&q=Madden%20%26%20Cockayne%20File%20Co&f=false" target="_blank">Another article in 1906</a> said, "This is the business which was originally established by King, Cockayne & Co. in 1857, whose successors were consecutively Wheeler, Clemson & Co., Madden & Cockayne File Co., Eagle File Co., and Madden File Co." This article also did not mention Nicholson File Co. It's unknown whether Nicholson had closed its Middletown operation, retaining the old names for products made elsewhere. Madden & Morrison occupied 76-78 Dolson Ave., on the edge of town. <a href="http://www.thrall.org/photos/79z3.htm" target="_blank">This photograph</a> from local historical society shows one of the buildings. Madden & Morrison copyrighted "Madden" as their file brand in 1921.<br />
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<i>Will Operate File Works. </i><i>Effective Dec. 1 the management of the Madden File Works which has been operated at Middletown, N. Y., since 1857 will be taken over by the R. H. Madden Co., Inc., succeeding the Madden & Morrison File Co.</i><br />
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By 1947, Nicholson File Co. had acquired the rights to use 3 variations of "Eagle" as trademarks for files. Nicholson made 2 grades of files labeled as Eagle File Company, with one being a close copy of the Wheeler, Madden & Clemson "Warranted Eagle Files" label.</div>
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<i>Save Edge means sharp and reliable, with lasting performance. This is the opinion of file users throughout the world. Since 1976 we have been giving files the “edge” that professional craftsmen demand. Our goal is to provide the best quality products and service available.</i>Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-27836981852633542612015-08-28T04:09:00.001-07:002016-03-10T04:18:02.631-08:00Murcott & Campbell Co.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Murcott & Campbell Co. was a file maker in Manhattan and at 296 Union Ave., Brooklyn, NY. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8P0sAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA434&dq=murcott+campbell&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBmoVChMIhMDbo-XLxwIVRZqACh26DAjP#v=onepage&q=murcott%20campbell&f=false" target="_blank">According to 1913 Congressional testimony</a>, they were the largest US file maker at the time that cut files by hand. Heller Brothers Co. bought Murcott & Campbell Co. in 1944. I do not know if Heller continued making files with the Murcott & Campbell name.<br />
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Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-84619867342452743222015-07-08T16:08:00.000-07:002015-09-10T04:17:28.683-07:00What To Look For When Buying Old FilesThank you to Darrell, who emailed me with this request:<br />
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These cost $1 or $2 each. From top, mixed taper saw files, 12" Nicholson aluminum file, 8" Simonds, 8" Nicholson (mild wear), 12" Vixen </div>
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This article describes how to choose old files at flea markets, yard sales, junk shops, or other places where used tools are sold. Please keep in mind that I am not a machinist, welder, or expert metalworker, and am relying on my self-taught experience and what I have read. For help identifying files, see <a href="http://paulbudzik.com/tools-techniques/Files/files.html" target="_blank">this article by Paul Budzik</a>.<br />
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Check for the brand or manufacturer’s stamp next to the tang. Avoid Asian files, which are inconsistent quality. Common Asian brands are JK and Sunflower. Others may just be labeled China or India. Some files are made in Mexico or South America, but I have no experience with those.<br />
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Check for signs of use or abuse. Shiny teeth will show where the file has been used. Taper saw files are a special case. They appear to have 3 sides but actually have 6 sides, with a very narrow row of teeth on each edge. These edge teeth are much more important than the flat sides. A taper saw file with wear on the flats may still be usable for filing saws.<br />
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Rust is the enemy of files, but you want to distinguish between surface rust and pitting rust. Surface rust, meaning light rust, can be removed by brushing, leaving the file usable again. Pitting rust will destroy the teeth, leaving the remaining teeth vulnerable to being sheared off in use.<br />
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Dirt and pinnings, meaning metal embedded in the teeth, can be removed by brushing or a sharp pointed object. Aluminum is especially difficult to remove. I use a small snap-blade knife, running it in between the teeth. A file is cleaned by brushing parallel to the teeth, preferably with a file card.<br />
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A bent tang is easily straightened in a vise, with pliers, or light hammering. The tang is not hardened.<br />
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<b>Summary of acceptable files for use:</b> made in USA, dirty, surface rust, light wear, bent tang.<br />
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<b>Summary of <u>un</u>acceptable files for use:</b> made in Asia, pitted rust, heavy wear (shiny or broken teeth), broken tang<br />
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Mark Stansburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16266882358076529369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198932277283047837.post-58688854875529942982015-02-10T17:12:00.001-08:002015-07-05T06:35:17.332-07:00Thank you to Thomas, a reader from New Jersey, who sent me 2 pictures with this to say:<br />
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<i>Some of the bigger files in my collection. Top two have handles I turned. The others are mostly Skrooz-On brand, in the biggest sizes. The German file has such a huge tang, it is in a dowel-filled piece of tubing with a motorcycle grip shoved on. </i><br />
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<i>I have 2 spares for the 20" which I consider a human-powered milling machine, and mostly use on aluminum. All of these were gleaned from old hardware and mill supplies in NJ - all of which are now gone. Most of these were "last one(s) in the box" and nobody buys them anymore deals.</i><br />
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<i>The smallest tanged file I have is a 2" Swiss pattern round file, which looks like a big sewing needle. I got that in a random batch from a now defunct jeweler's supply. I have a few 3", many 4" and an uncounted number of 6" through 12". </i><br />
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