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Stanley Hand Tools

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Stanley Hand Tools is a brand of hand tools. It is a

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division of Stanley Black & Decker, following the 2010

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merger of The Stanley Works with Black & Decker.[1]

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1 History
2 Products
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4 References

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Hand tools

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Owner

Stanley Black & Decker

Country

USA

Introduced

1857

Previous owners

The Stanley Works

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www.stanleytools.com

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The Stanley Works was founded by Frederick T.

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Stanley in 1843, originally a bolt and door hardware

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manufacturing company located in New Britain, Connecticut.

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The Stanley Rule and Level Company was founded in 1857 by Henry Stanley in New Britain,
Connecticut. In 1920, this company merged with the separate but related Stanley Works, founded
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Connecticut. In 1920, this company merged with the separate but related Stanley Works, founded
by Henry Stanley's cousin Frederick Trent Stanley, and continued operating as its hand tools
division.[2]

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 (called the "Stanley knife" in British English),
and an unusual multitool known as the Stanley #1 Odd
Jobs.
Early retractable knife shown open

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An adjustable wrench.

A "quick change" utility

knife.

screwdrivers.

A Stanley tape measure

A claw hammer.

and tool box.

References

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1. ^ "Stanley and Black & Decker Complete Merger"

(Press release). Stanley Black & Decker. 2010-

03-12. Retrieved 2010-03-19.

2. ^ Stanley Hand Tools. "History"
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Stanley Hand Tools website (US)

Stanley Hand Tools website (UK)
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Categories: Tool manufacturing companies of the United States

Stanley Black & Decker brands

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Companies established in 1857

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