SK Tools Company History & Lore

In this video we look at the history of the SK Professional Tools brand.
Originally starting out as Sherman Klove, then becoming SK Tools, SK Wayne, and then back to SK Tools.
See how SK started out an independant company, was bought out by several other companies, only to become independant again, just to be bought out by China...
What does the future hold for SK Tools as a brand?
Can they compete with the tool trucks if they're just rebranded import tools?

Further Reading:
http://alloy-artifacts.org/sherman-klove.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Hand_Tools

Theodore Rueb patents:
https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Rueb+Theodore

1938 Brazil Tools Catalog:
https://archive.org/details/brazil-tools/mode/2up

1938 SK Tools Catalog:
https://archive.org/details/s-k-tools-catalog-1938

1943 SK Tools Catalog:
https://archive.org/details/sherman-klove-war-issue-catalog-1943

1961 Electrolite Era Catalog:
https://archive.org/details/s-k-lectrolite-catalog-no-mc-563/page/8/mode/2up

1964 Wayne Era Catalog:
https://archive.org/details/1964skwaynecatalog

1970 Dresser Era Catalog:
https://archive.org/details/SKToolsSupplementalCatalog91513

1986 Facom Era Catalog:
https://archive.org/details/s-k-tools-catalog-1986

Pre GreatStar catalogs:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210810180314/https://sktools.com/resources.html

Chapters:
00:00 Parody Intro
00:37 Early Years
01:39 SK Tools is formed
02:37 Theodore Rueb Patents
03:56 Lectrolite Joint Venture
04:24 Symington-Wayne & Dresser Era
05:02 Facom Buyout
05:29 Independence and Ideal Buyout
06:17 Ideal Innovations
06:46 GreatStar Buyout
07:39 Final Thoughts