Hickory Tool Handles Made in USA

A running list of all current known United States manufacturers of hickory tool handles. We will include links and note where handles are sold directly. Comments welcomed!

Saturday, August 10, 2013

How Hickory Tool Handles Are Made

A selection of YouTube videos on handle turning:
House Handle Co. Tomahawks on Defiance Lathe
House Handle Co. Axe Handles on Klotz Lathe
House Handle Co. Hardcore Hammer Handles Step 1
House Handle Co. Hardcore Hammer Handles Step 2
House Handle Co. Hardcore Hammer Handles Step 3
House Handle Co. Hardcore Hammer Handles Step 4

 Saw Mill & Axe Handle Lathe - Making a Hickory Axe Handle

 Ober copy lathe at Mountainside Craft
Ober copy lathe, Mountainside Craft at an outdoor show

 Picture of Defiance Machine Works, Spoke & Handle Wood-Turning Lathe 1895

Defiance Machine Works Catalog from Vintage Machinery



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Scanned Tool Catalogs

  • *Many More Tool Catalogs at Archive.org
  • American Fork & Hoe 1914 Catalog (True Temper)
  • Ames 1956 Catalog No. 8
  • Brooms Brushes & Handles (Magazine)
  • David Maydole 1923 Booklet
  • Eastern Handle Corp. Catalog A-39
  • Hartwell Brothers Catalog No. 97
  • Heller Brothers 1929 Catalog
  • J.M. Tatum Handle Co. 1933 Catalog
  • Klein-Logan Co. 1944 Catalog
  • LaPierre Sawyer Handle Co. Brochure & Chart
  • Madden Handle Corp. 1967 Catalog
  • Northern Handle Co., Bowling Green MO
  • Plumb Tools 1965 Catalog
  • Sequatchie Handle Works 1965 Catalog
  • True Temper 1954 Hammers & Hatchets Catalog
  • Union Fork & Hoe Catalog No. 18
  • Warren Tools 1960 Catalog
  • Warren Tools Catalog 762 (No Date)

Other Related Sites

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  • Collection of 2000 hammers in a garage (YouTube)
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  • Hammer Museum, Haines, AK
  • Heritage Leather - search for axe sheath
  • Making a Pioneer Axe 1965 (YouTube)
  • Making creative tool handles (blog)
  • Mid-West Tool Collectors Assoc.
  • OshKosh Logging & Utility Tools by Leach
  • True Temper True American Tools (YouTube)
  • US Forest Service Hand Tools For Trail Work (pdf)
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  • Wood Trekker (blog)
  • Yesteryears Tools (hand tool history)

Posts

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      • Octagon Axe Handle Source
      • Burroughs-Ross-Colville Co., Handle Manufacturer
      • V & B Manufacturing Co., Handle Manufacturer & Ret...
      • Peavey Manufacturing Company, Handle Retailer
      • House Handle Co., Handle Manufacturer & Retailer
      • Richland Handle Co., Handle Manufacturer
      • Seymour Link, Handle Manufacturer
      • Marion Handle Mills, Handle Manufacturer
      • Tennessee Hickory Products, Handle Manufacturer
      • Council Tool Co., Handle Retailer
      • Handle Manufacturer of the Past, Turner- Day & Woo...
      • Handle Manufacturer of the Past, Bruner-Ivory Co.
      • Handle Manufacturer of the Past, Hartwell Brothers
      • How Hickory Tool Handles Are Made
      • Handle Manufacturer of the Past, Sequatchie Handle...
      • Handle Manufacturer of the Past, Cumberland Platea...
      • Handle Manufacturer of the Past, Fleischmann Handl...
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