Since this thread isn’t dead yet, I’ll repost this, which somehow got posted in
disappearing ink last year.
A little history of the Company compliments of Wiki;
History of The Crescent Tool Company
The Crescent Tool Company was founded in Jamestown, New York, by Karl Peterson
and Edward J. Worcester in 1907. It is considered "one of the crown jewels of
Jamestown's industry" The company soon became known for its adjustable
wrenches.
In 1927, Charles Lindberg, for tools brought only pliers and a Crescent brand wrench on
his famous solo flight across the Atlantic. In fact, Lindberg said that he brought only
"gasoline, sandwiches, a bottle of water, and a Crescent wrench and pliers".
Also, there was a rumor that Richard Evelyn Byrd, on his initial journey to Alaska, had a
Crescent wrench in his provisions.
An 1857 patent by Edward J. Worcester is a progenitor of modern adjustable
wrenches. The Swedish company Bahco and inventor Johan Petter Johansson are also
credited with the design of modern adjustable wrenches.
The Crescent Tool Company was acquired by a group of investors in 1960 after Marvin
Peterson, Karl's son, sold it. The company was renamed the Crescent Niagara
Corporation.
In 1968, Crescent Niagara was acquired by Cooper Industries.
In 2010, the tool divisions of Cooper Industries and Danaher Corporation formed a joint
venture, Apex Tool Group, LLC. The brand is currently owned by Apex Brands, Inc. the
intellectual property entity of Apex Tool Group.
I’m seventy and this was my dad’s from before I was born so it has to date back to the
30’s when he was working as a mechanic:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/141443683/large It’s a heavy 15” and it still has tight-machined jaws very, very little slop in them. And
turns very smoothly with no binding throughout the full range.
Nope………..they sure don’t make them like they used to in the US of A! Lets see ya top
that China!
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
