Stanley Hand Tools
{{short description|Brand of hand tools; division of Stanley Black & Decker}}
{{Infobox brand
| logo = Stanley Hand Tools logo.svg
| name = Stanley Hand Tools
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| type = Hand tools
| currentowner = Stanley Black & Decker
| origin = United States
| introduced = {{start date and age|1857}}
| discontinued =
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| markets =
| previousowners = The Stanley Works
| trademarkregistrations =
| website = [http://www.stanleytools.com/ 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.{{cite press release|publisher=Stanley Black & Decker|title=Stanley and Black & Decker Complete Merger|url=http://www.stanleyblackanddecker.com/news/stanley-and-black-decker-complete-merger|date=2010-03-12|access-date=2010-03-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415063316/http://www.stanleyblackanddecker.com/news/stanley-and-black-decker-complete-merger|archive-date=2010-04-15}}
History
The Stanley Works was founded by Frederick Trent Stanley in 1843, originally a bolt and door hardware manufacturing company located in New Britain, Connecticut.
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.{{cite web|author=Stanley Hand Tools|title=About Us|url=https://www.stanleytools.com/about|access-date=2022-08-07}}
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 an unusual multitool known as the Stanley #1 Odd Jobs.
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Gallery
File:Stanley-Hot-Glue-Gun-GR35K.jpg|A hot glue gun
File:Stanley high-visibility green screwdrivers.jpg|High-visibility green screwdrivers
File:Stanley adjustable wrench.jpg|An adjustable wrench
File:Stanley quick-change utility knife.jpg|A "quick-change" utility knife
File:Stanley PowerLock tape measure on tool box.jpg|A Stanley tape measure and tool box
File:Stanley graphite claw hammer.jpg|A claw hammer
File:StanleytoolsinChina.jpg|Stanley tools for sale in China
References
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External links
- [http://www.stanleytools.com/ Stanley Hand Tools website (US)]
- [http://www.stanleytools.co.uk/ Stanley Hand Tools website (UK)]
- [http://www.stanleytools.ca/ Stanley Hand Tools website (CA)]
- [http://handytoolshome.com/ Handy Tools Home (CA)]
{{Stanley Black & Decker}}
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Category:Tool manufacturing companies of the United States
Category:Stanley Black & Decker brands
Category:American companies established in 1857