Stanley Hand Tools
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| Product type | Hand tools |
|---|---|
| Owner | Stanley Black & Decker |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | 1857 |
| Previous owners | The Stanley Works |
| Website | www.stanleytools.com |
Stanley Hand Tools is a brand of hand tools. It is a division of Stanley Black & Decker, following the merger of The Stanley Works with Black & Decker in March 2010.[1]
History
[edit]The Stanley Works was founded by Frederick Trent Stanley in 1843, originally a bolt and door hardware manufacturing company located in New Britain, Connecticut.[2]
The Stanley Rule and Level Company was founded in 1857 by Frederick Trent Stanley's cousin, Henry Stanley, also in New Britain. In 1920, this company merged with the Stanley Works, and continued operating as its hand tools division.[3] In 1869 Stanley purchased Bailey, Chaney and company which leads to the acquirement of the Bailey patents which gave permission to manufacture more tools.
Around 1937, Stanley acquired the British J. A. Chapman company, a British manufacturer of carpentry tools and other items (including bayonets during World War I) formerly located in Sheffield, from Norman Neill. This helped Stanley to enter the British market.
Products
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Stanley is a well known brand of tools and has produced millions of hand planes, saws, rulers, try squares, chisels, screwdrivers, and many other types of tools for consumer and for industrial use. Their innovations include the Bailey plane, the Surform shaper, the PowerLock tape measure, the utility knife, and a multi-tool known as the Stanley #1 Odd Jobs.
Gallery
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High-visibility green screwdrivers
A "quick-change" utility knife
A Stanley tape measure and tool box
Stanley tools for sale in China
References
[edit]- ↑ "Stanley and Black & Decker Complete Merger" (Press release). Stanley Black & Decker. March 12, 2010. Archived from the original on April 15, 2010. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
- ↑ "About Us | STANLEY® Tools". www.stanleytools.com. Retrieved August 7, 2026.
- ↑ Stanley Hand Tools. "About Us". Retrieved August 7, 2022.