Blackhawk Tools - Company History & Lore

This video is about the Blackhawk tool brand, which started in 1910 as American Grinder.
The first Blackhawk socket wrenches were produced under the direction of the Jonas Brothers (not those Jonas Brothers...) in 1919.
We'll cover their lawsuit with Walden-Worcester, go over some of innovations Blackhawk came up with,
the buyouts by New Britain Machine, Litton Industries, National Hand Tool, and finally Stanley, who has revived the Blackhawk brand as a sub-brand under Proto.

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Moar History:
http://alloy-artifacts.org/blackhawk-innovation.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20110514003139/http://actuant.com/actuant/content/news/managed/documents/anniversary_book.pdf

Black Hawk:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hawk_(Sauk_leader)

Blackhawk Catalogs:
https://archive.org/search?query=blackhawk+manufacturing

Walden Lawsuit:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Patent_and_Trade_Mark_Review/j9gQAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Walden-Worcester&pg=PA62&printsec=frontcover

Armstrong Joint Venture Annoucement:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Ford_Dealers_News/gdPwThja2ZMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA10-PA18&printsec=frontcover

New Britain Catalogs:
https://archive.org/search?query=new+britain+machine

Litton era Catalogs:
https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Litton+Hand+Tools+Division%22

Litton Space Suits:
https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/43703
https://texasarchive.org/2017_03762

US vs Chow:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/United_States_Court_of_International_Tra/Y5QN28BT7PAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA272&printsec=frontcover

Stanley FTC Decision:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Federal_Trade_Commission_Decisions/qehpg527LXUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA807&printsec=frontcover

Blackhawk Patents:
https://patents.google.com/?assignee=Blackhawk+Manufacturing+Co

Snap-On Loxockets:
https://archive.org/details/SnapOnToolsCatalogT1950/page/n19/mode/2up

00:00 American Grinder
00:37 Blackhawk's Early Days
01:32 Walden Lawsuit
02:54 Blackhawk Innovations
04:15 Buyouts
05:13 Chow FTC Suit
05:34 Stanley & Present Day