markshreck, PM me and I'll give you my email and a couple of tips on how to photograph catalogs so I can turn them into pdfs.
The catalog doesn't have a date in it, I found an ad in a Popular Mechanics from 1930 mentioning Nicholls Tool Co. though.Wow. That's terrific. The punches are fabulous.
I'm not familiar with either name. What is the date of the catalog?
Some kind of third party relationship. I noticed the Mephisto branding is not the fancy font, which I always thought came much later.
Making a spectacle is pretty much what we do around here!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.
Wow. That's terrific. The punches are fabulous.
I'm not familiar with either name. What is the date of the catalog?
Some kind of third party relationship. I noticed the Mephisto branding is not the fancy font, which I always thought came much later.
Making a spectacle is pretty much what we do around here!
Ok, once I figure that part out, I will.
fourcycle - I have a "proof" of the Pumber Set on Page 4. That is so cool!
Sorry to have been a bit vague. I have nine copies of the same catalog. Sorry to bum you out.
Nice find. @A E Numan posted one of its big brothers (210-10) on page 1, scroll all the way to the bottom. Maybe we can prevail upon A E to see if the flip side of his is also adorned with the triangle mark LS is talking about.
It does, and that make perfect sense. Utica made JoCo's much earlier pliers in post #1 page 1, as well my much earlier pliers in post #4, page 1. And..., there was some geographical proximity between Utica and the company, eventually located in Hudson, NY, that bought the original name from the W.A. Ives Company.
My Mephisto wrench Has nothing on the reverse side, on the front there is something forged near the adjuster wheel but I cant tell what it is.
I found this large 10 inch flat head screwdriver inside a wall years ago. I mostly use it as a pry bar. I bent it once but was able to mostly straighten it. I like it a lot. I did break a small piece off of the handle, but not enough to hurt the performance.I've had these pliers for as long as I can remember and they've always been the first ones I reach for. Just feels great in my hand and the wire cutter is a much better design than some other pliers. Finally looked it up today as I'd never heard of Mephisto Tool Co. Turns out they've been around a while, since 1830 and they're still making tools in Hudson NY. They have a more specialized inventory now, mostly chisels and caulking tools. Does anyone else out there have any old Mephisto hand tools? I'd love to see em.
(I'd love to buy the 1935 catalog off eBay but the price is a bit too steep for me)
Nice find! The first and still only time I have ever seen one was on the American Pickers tv show! In the attic of an old long defunct hardware store and there were a dozen or so in NOS boxes! I posted a reference here.
