Last Updated 2024-05-01
This is a Ken Roberts reprint which includes a history of the company on the inside covers. It contains the tools made by both companies shortly after they merged. This includes C-S full line of rules and Chapin's line of planes. It's 84 pages and in very good condition. An excellent reference. $15
The Carpenter Steel Company of Reading, PA sold high grade steels and wire of all sorts. This is perhaps the most beautifully printed period catalog I've come across. It has gilded edges and full color illustrations including some mysteriously sparkling examples of their steel labels. 254 pages, very good condition with minor wear. $24
540 pages. Hardcover. Very good condition with minor wear. The scope and depth of drawing, drafting, and measuring tools is astonishing. The company was founded in 1867 and based in Hoboken, NJ. An excellent period catalog- check out the samples of the various types of paper they sold and their uses. $25
This catalog is 545 pages and in very good condition with only light wear. Starrett catalogs make great references in large part because they show many of the tools in use. I find this helpful because it can be hard to picture use cases for some of the more esoteric machinists tools . $10
This 386 page catalog is in Fair condition. The front cover and first six pages are not in good condition. The remaining pages are all in great shape. It contains Starrett's full line of machinists tools along with illustrations and descriptions of how the tools are used. An invaluable reference. $5
This is the full 104 page second edition in excellent condition. It includes a full listing of all the planes Sargent made- and they made a lot of them. It also has a type study, box label study, and other information on the company. An excellent reference for anyone interested in Sargent. $24
This is the full 104 page second edition in excellent condition. It includes a full listing of all the planes Sargent made- and they made a lot of them. It also has a type study, box label study, and other information on the company. An excellent reference for anyone interested in Sargent. $24
This is one of the few Peck, Stowe, and Wilcox catalogs you'll find, and the only one I know of that concentrates solely on hand tools and mostly woodworking tools. It's 96 pages and has PEXTO's fun line of braces, edge tools, layout tools, etc. It's an excellent reference to this company's top quality hand tools $20
68 pages, new condition. This is one of the earlier and harder to find Sandusky catalogs. Sandusky was one of the largest plane and toolmakers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They made all sorts of tools including many of the planes sold by Sargent. An excellent reference. $20
This is a fascinating catalog to have in your library- C.E. Jennings doesn't get much mention these days but they made a huge number of high quality tools including braces, bits, chisels and drawknives, some amazing saws, and truly incredible too chests and boxes. 176 pages. Very good condition. $20
80 pages, softcover, excellent condition. This is a somewhat important reference as United Hardware and Tool was a major reseller in the early 20th century. They sold many tools under the "Fulton" name brand. This brand is frequently associated with Sears but this catalog suggests at least some of these tools were sold by United instead. They sold a full line of tools of all sorts including many German wooden planes sold under the Columbia brand name. It's a somewhat hard catalog to find today, and very useful. $15