11 months ago

Two Companies. Three stories. Four Timelines. Four Patent Animations. Four Re-Enactments.
Today we're going over the history of the William Schollhorn Co.
The inventor William Bernard,
and the J.B. Sargent Co.

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Schollhorn/Bernard Links:
http://alloy-artifacts.org/wm-schollhorn-company.html

Catalogs:
https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22William+Schollhorn+Co.%22

1940 Factory Photos:
https://archive.org/details/EvolutionOfBernardPliers

Bernard Bio 1918:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Modern_History_of_New_Haven_and_Easter/yQsWAAAAYAAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PA894

Schollhorn bio:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Leading_Business_Men_of_New_Haven_County/hfonAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PA127

Teising Announcement 1880:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25205%2FNew%2520Haven%2520CT%2520Morning%2520and%2520Courier%2FNew%2520Haven%2520CT%2520Morning%2520and%2520Courier%25201880%2FNew%2520Haven%2520CT%2520Morning%2520and%2520Courier%25201880%252006%25200577.pdf

1881 Star Shears Ad:
https://books.google.com/books?id=HzILAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA9-PA104&dq=William+Schollhorn&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGptGe9O2IAxVjhYkEHbJEPJ44KBDoAXoECAYQAg

Schollhorn obituary 1890:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Iron_Age/lKM-AQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PA1015&printsec=frontcover

Articles of Incorporation 1891:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25205%2FNew%2520Haven%2520CT%2520Morning%2520and%2520Courier%2FNew%2520Haven%2520CT%2520Morning%2520and%2520Courier%25201891%2FNew%2520Haven%2520CT%2520Morning%2520and%2520Courier%25201891%252009%25200240%2520.pdf

1893 JJ President:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_New_England_Business_Directory_and_G/AOw1AQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PA1842

1897 Bernard VP
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_New_England_States/yUEB0KzMPhYC?gbpv=1&pg=PA880

Bridgeport Lawsuit:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/United_States_Courts_of_Appeals_Reports/3AcsAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PA128

Dog trademark lawsuit:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Decisions_of_Commissioner_of_Patents_and/eXiwAAAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PA224

Berbecker obituary 1915:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FRichmond%2520Hill%2520NY%2520Record%2FRichmond%2520Hill%2520NY%2520Record%25201915-1916%2FRichmond%2520Hill%2520NY%2520Record%25201915-1916%252000772.pdf

Sears Gov't Surplus Bernard Ad:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FBuffalo%2520NY%2520Evening%2520News%2FBuffalo%2520NY%2520Evening%2520News%25201949%2FBuffalo%2520NY%2520Evening%2520News%25201949%2520-%25201247.pdf

1946 Strike, Lillian Bernecker Webb president:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252023%2FEndicott%2520NY%2520Bulletin%2FEndicott%2520NY%2520Bulletin%25201946%2FEndicott%2520NY%2520Bulletin%25201946%252000474_1.pdf

Bernard patents:
https://patents.google.com/?inventor=William+A+Bernard&country=US&before=priority:19400101&after=priority:18600101&sort=old

Sargent Links:
https://www.elmcitytools.com/About/
https://web.archive.org/web/20061024090831/http://www.dbs-online.com/pdf/sargenthistorical.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_B._Sargent

1907 George Sargent Interview:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hardware_Dealers_Magazine/AdVNAAAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PA711

JB RIP 1907:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Metal_Finishing/lWNCAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PA250

Henry Sargent Pres 1917:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Artisan_Tinner_and_House_Furnis/6c8fAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&pg=RA22-PA21

1927 George Sargent Pres, Henry Sargent RIP.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hardware_World/VUg3WRmzJUIC?gbpv=1&pg=RA4-PA136

1936 Phillip E Barth:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hardware_Age/7aoTAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&pg=RA6-PA56

Sargent Patents:
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=11540&tab=7

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:22 William Schollhorn
01:48 William Bernard
02:23 Parallel Jaw Pliers
02:59 Other Bernard Patents
03:55 Sued Over a Dog?
04:58 Post War Issues
05:48 Sargent's Origins
07:25 Sargent's Patents
08:13 Sargent's Growth
09:00 Connecting the Timelines
09:15 The Big Split
10:24 They Still Make the Pliers!?
11:00 Maun Industires UK
11:30 Outro