Picked up No95 slipjoints today. I think I may have a linesmans somewhere - not sure. Going to give these guys the spa treatment. I picked them up because I thought they were Utica 511 slipjoints.
FWIW (assuming there’s no-one left who needs convincing), Lugz’s early assertions about Utica being OEM for Mephisto pliers seem spot-on to me. Not just pliers, but Numan’s 10” adjustable wrench is a dead-ringer for a Utica 90-10.
Only caution I’d introduce is, several regional manufacturers made similar-looking products (I mean similar among their many products - not across all products - and not necessarily similar to Mephisto) from time to time. I’ve been fooled by PS&W, JPDanielson, Champion DeArment, Crescent, Kraeuter, Smith&Hemminway, etc.
Wouldn’t that be a creepy crossover? - Mephisto/Red Devil!
Maybe they shared dies, maybe employees, maybe they conspired to create industry standards
Anyway, I’ve seen more diversity among 511s than between this 511 and this 95.
On top of that, Mephisto catalogs are in short supply. I don't think are any in the public domain spaces, such as Internet Archive, and the only one I have ever seen glimpses of was for sale on eBay for extortive, grotesque sums. Meaning, even if what you had wasn't artsy, we'd be interested just for the information value. So, you're certainly welcome and encouraged to post as many of them as you want. I know I am curious to see what the other tools are. My dad did some hyperrealistic airbrush advertising artwork in school, before he went into the Navy during WWII, industrial and household items (sparkplugs and umbrellas, for example) that I greatly admire, so I have an extra special interest.
