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LECTROLITE CORP

Vntg LECTROLITE CORP. Defiance Ohio 9-3/4" Adjustable Slip Joint Thin Jaw Pliers

Vntg LECTROLITE CORP. Defiance Ohio 9-3/4" Adjustable Slip Joint Thin Jaw Pliers

$39.50 USD
$39.50 USD
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This LECTROLITE CORP. Defiance Ohio 9-3/4" Adjustable Slip Joint Thin Jaw Pliers is used and in good condition.  The jaws are somewhat worn from years of use, but still have teeth to work well.  These pliers feature 3/16" thin jaws and handles.  There are no previous owners' names or ID markings on this tool. We have not cleaned or refurbished these pliers in any manner, as we leave those decisions up to the eventual buyer.

According to ALLOY ARTIFACTS The Lectrolite Corporation of Defiance, Ohio was closely associated with S-K Tools during the 1950s and 1960s, but operated independently in the 1930s and 1940s.  In the early 1950s Lectrolite began a long association with the Sherman-Klove (S-K) Company of Chicago. S-K was well known as a producer of socket sets and tool boxes, but relied on contract production for wrenches and other drop-forged tools. With complementary production capabilities, Lectrolite and S-K made natural business partners.

By the early 1950s Lectrolite's wrench production was much more refined than the examples of the 1930s and early 1940s. A catalog from 1951 shows wrenches in open-end, box, and combination styles, all with raised panels and polished chrome finishes. Some of Lectrolite's offset box wrenches of this era resemble the S-K marked wrenches, suggesting that Lectrolite may have done contract production for S-K's in the late 1940s.

Lectrolite's association with S-K appears to have been a joint marketing arrangement rather than an actual business merger. Lectrolite filed a trademark for "S-K Lectrolite" with the first use date reported as June of 1953, and later in the 1950s the companies published joint S-K/Lectrolite catalogs. In addition, Lectrolite began marking wrenches with "S-K Lectrolite".  In 1962 S-K and Lectrolite were acquired by the Symington-Wayne Corporation, and the combined operations sold tools under the "S-K Wayne" trademark. Later in the 1960s the S-K Wayne operations were purchased by Dresser Industries, an industrial conglomerate.




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