On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Ed Minch <ruby@m...> wrote:

> Picked up a 2" bench plane blade today ..... It is marked "Economy Mfg.
> Co." in a semicircle, with "Phila" across the center of the circle.
>
> I get no hits on the internet - anybody heard of these people?
>
>
Here's a definite Phila Link

http://books.google.com/books?id=ANxNAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Economy%20Mfg.%20Co%22%20%22blade%22&pg=PA1225#v=onepage&q=%22Economy%20Mfg.%20Co%22%20%22blade%22&f=false

508 commerce St, But making wheels.

Here's a philly link
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-household-or-gentlemans-tool-chest

Commerce St Link
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-wooden-dovetailed-tool-box-economy-tool

It came up on the list once before, way back when

http://swingleydev.com/archive/get.php?message_id=5540#message

Here's a link claiming them as a distributor (Stamp your name on anything),
but doesn't say philly
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1950s-davy-crockett-jeans-with-tags-unused

One in Columbus Ohio Adverting a core box plane for $10, pg 139 of PopMech
May 1914

There is a Chicago based company in the 1920 advertising in PopMech,
looking for agents, and several others (Tacoma, SF, CT, NJ to name a few),
but not tool relateed
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