Manufacturers T. H. Witherby - The Winsted Edge Tool Co.
Envelope WINSTED EDGE TOOL WORKS, STATION A, WINSTED, CONN. "T.H. WITHERBY' CHISELS, GOUGES AND DRAWING KINVES. March 9, 1912, to: Norton Co., Worcester, Mass. Interesting information in this envelope. The quotes around the Witherby brand are original. The address is to the Norton Company, makers of abrasives.
Advertisement, Newspaper Tenite Handles. The New York Times, October, 1950. What is interesting about this advertisement is the list of companies at the bottom of the ad. Included are such companies as Winsted Edge Tool, Millers Falls Co., James Swan, Irwin, etc.
Contributed by Brian Welch of the Oldtools eMail List.
Note: This ad is in PDF format for fine print legibility.
WINSTED EDGE TOOL WORKS, West Winsted, Conn. c1890. Reprinted in 1976 by the Early Trades & Crafts Society of Long Island. The makers of the famous Witherby edge tools. The only catalog for this maker that I know of at this time.
Contributed by Nathaniel Mitkowski of the Oldtools eMail List.
Trade Catalog: Tool Dealer JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO. FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY CATALOGUE, ESTABLISHED 1870. C1920. 112 Chambers Street and 95 Reade Street, New York, U.S.A.. Also offices world wide. Interesting expandable catalog containing a variety of sections covering hand tools, shop equipment, gardening, hardware, etc. For this PDF, I have included only those sections pertaining to tools. To wit: Snell Mfg. Co (auger bits and related tools), Winsted Edge Tool Works (seems to be a full line of tools), Coes Wrench Co., Taintor Mfg. Co, Torrington Co.. Seymour Smith & Sons, L.S Watson Mfg. Co., G.W. Griffin Co., Rock Island Mfg. Co., Asst'd Saw Vises, American Grinder Mfg. Co., Many-Use Oil Co.
Catalog: Price List Revised Price List of T. H. Witherby Tool Co., Sole Manufacturers Of The Witherby Chisels & Drawing Knives, Adopted at a Meeting of the Manufactuers, April 1st, 1868. ... All orders for the above should be addressed to Durrie & Rusher, 16 Beekman Street, New-York. 1868. A very interesting and early price list from the famous T. H. Witherby Tool Co. Originally folded to fit in an envelope, this price list looks as if it was pasted into a hardware store's desk catalog or price book. Brian Welch notes that the brand T. M Clarke indicates "that The Winsted Hoe Company was in full possession of the company and making Witherby chisels by April 1, 1868." For more information on the Witherby Company, stop in at Brian Welch's history of the Witherby Co. and at WKFineTools for even more information.
