Joe:
    IL-A-Noy (Slang for Illinois) was a house brand for the big hardware 
company of Hibbard, Spencer,  Bartlett & Company, Chicago, Illinois. 
Started business about 1865.  There hardware catalogs ran about 3000 pages. 
Some of there other tool brands were O.V..B (Our Very Best), Hibbard, Cruso, 
and True Value.  One house tool brand was Revenoc, named after John Conover 
( Conover spelled backwards).  Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett sold out in 1962 
to John Cotter & Co., which became True Value Hardware Stores.

Bob Sturgeon.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Meyer" 
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Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 9:59 PM
Subject: [OldTools] Ilanoy

Anybody got any info on this name/company? It's on the cutter of a jack 
plane, only other marking is "#5" ahead of front knob. I searched the 
archive, and the only occurence is an unanswered question from march of 
2000. I'm hoping someone's uncovered some info since then.

Joe M.
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