219 Handle St, Sequatchie, TN, 37374
Sequatchie Handle Works 1965 Catalog
Sequatchie Handle Works was sold to O.P. Link, which was acquired by Seymour in 2004. The buildings are still there per Google Maps. Per the reader's comment, the mill is operating and belongs to Seymour-Midwest.
The mill is working ever been in ACE hardware? LINK handles?
ReplyDeleteStill going strong. Our company purchases $ 100K + per year a year from the Sequatchie mill, which now belongs to Seymour-Midwest. It looks like the O.P. Link plant in Salem, IN is now a strip mall.
ReplyDeleteMain Handle Mill for Seymour-Midwest axe and hammer handles. Ash turned elsewhere. Has been in the area since the late 1800's. It was once once of the Link Family mills. When Seymour purchased them all other mills in AR, IN. etc. where closed down except for Ash handles in IN.
ReplyDeleteVintage Sequatchie handles are among the best to be found, slim and strong.
ReplyDeleteHow would you determine, how long ago they were made?
ReplyDeleteI have what appears to be a sample handle. It's about 18 inches long, dark stained, with the following in white letters:
ReplyDeleteSequatchie Handle Works
-Since 1899-
Leadership Earned by
Confidence
Sequatchie, Tenn.
Is this a rare piece?
Yes I think it would be very rare I have one similar to what you were talking about,
ReplyDeletemine is a billy club in the original packaging with the original book it is the 1961 version not sure what they're worth but I'm sure very rare seems to be very good quality
I have a tack? Magnetic on one side Hammer that was my Mom's. Us it once in a while. My Dad put a small nail in the head to tighten it up. My dad was not allowed to use it nor is my husband. 😆
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather George Shelton worked for sequatiche handle works and was best friends with perry and Norman link who owned it before it was sold to it's new owners. I grew up at mill spent alot of time down there
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