XILLO BOREN CATALOGUS c1910. From the Netherlands, an early 20th C catalog for hand drills, most of which I will bet are not often seen this side of the Atlantic.

Contributed by Martin Hagen of the Oldtools eMail List.

C. HAMMOND & SON, EDGE TOOLS AND HAMMERS, OGONTZ, PA., U.S.A., 1910. A full line catalog of the hatchets, axes, and hammers offered by the famous C. Hammond & Son. If you find a Hammond hammer, hang on to it and use it. They made some of the nicest hammers ever.

Trade Catalog
Millers Falls Catalog H, c1912. One of the small format catalogs which, as attested to by Millers Falls expert, Randy Roeder, is actually a mini-version of Catalog 32. Brett Rochette, many many months ago, asked if I would scan this catalog. He had found it in a toolbox, fairly well sodden with machine oil. On arrival, it was clear that oil had won. Mold had begun to set in on the rear cover and pages, almost all of the pages were nearly transparent with oil and the two stapes rusted through. I froze the catalog to halt the mold growth, after which I inter-layered the pages with absorbent paper to sop up oil and removed the staples. Still fragile, but now scannable, here is the PDF of this catalog, done in grayscale to minimize the oil staining

Advertising Cover and Catalog
V. C. Squier Company, Battle Creek, Michigan. Manufacturers, Importers and Dealers in Violins, Strings, Manufacturers of Wound Strings. 1915. Hidden within this ad cover was a 4 page catalog for the Squier Company. For once, this little catalog includes a price list along with two pages of images. The ad cover is nothing special, but what lay inside is. To the instrument maker, these tools are commonplace. To the rest of the woodworking world, some are familiar and some are peculiar.

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Morrill Products. 1917. Charles Morrill, New York full line catalog of saw sets and soap dispensers. Yes, soap dispensers.