American Made Files

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Lutz File Handles, Still Made in USA

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Maine Wood Concepts makes 4 styles of file handles and 2 file cards, sold under the Lutz File & Tool Co. name. The picture shows the del...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Heller Brothers Co. and Heller Tool Co.

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Heller began in 1836 in Newark, New Jersey, became a partnership, Heller & Brothers, in 1865, and in 1899 incorporated as Heller Brothe...
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Monday, March 10, 2014

Rex File Co., Rex File & Saw Co.

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Photo by Gary S. Rex File & Saw Co. began under another name. It was incorporated in early 1906 as Jamestown File Works, of Jamesto...
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Saturday, March 1, 2014

Carson-Newton Co. and A. Newton Files

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Carson-Newton Co. made files, rasps, rifflers, reamers, hack and band saw blades, and butcher steel. Carson-Newton's logo was an alligat...
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How Files Were Made By Hand and Machine

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Some of an 1840s article on how files were made by hand in Sheffield, England. The same methods were used in the USA.   "These tools,...
Friday, February 28, 2014

When American File Factories Closed

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2006: Simonds closed its Newcomerstown, Ohio plant and moved production to Bogota, Columbia. The horse rasp product line was sold to Musted ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Champion File Works

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Champion File Works was in Toledo, Ohio.
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