LENOX Tools is an American brand of
hand tools
A hand tool is any tool that is powered by hand rather than a motor. Categories of hand tools include wrenches, pliers, cutters, files, striking tools, struck or hammered tools, screwdrivers, vises, clamps, snips, hacksaws, drills, an ...
, power tool accessories, and industrial
band saw
A bandsaw (also written band saw) is a power saw with a long, sharp blade consisting of a continuous band of toothed metal stretched between two or more wheels to cut material. They are used principally in woodworking, metalworking, and l ...
blades. It largely produces
saws
A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, wire, or chain with a hard toothed edge. It is used to cut through material, very often wood, though sometimes metal or stone. The cut is made by placing the toothed edge against the material and mo ...
,
saw blades,
utility knives,
snips, and other
cutting tools
In the context of machining, a cutting tool or cutter is typically a hardened metal tool that is used to cut, shape, and remove material from a workpiece by means of machining tools as well as abrasive tools by way of shear deformation. The majori ...
.
The brand was founded in 1915 as the "American Saw and Manufacturing Company" by ten employees to produce
hacksaw
A hacksaw is a fine-toothed saw, originally and mainly made for cutting metal. The equivalent saw for cutting wood is usually called a bow saw.
Most hacksaws are hand saws with a C-shaped walking frame that holds a blade under tension. Suc ...
blades. In 2003, American Saw was acquired by
Newell Rubbermaid
Newell Brands is an American manufacturer, marketer and distributor of consumer and commercial products. The company's brands and products include Rubbermaid storage and trash containers; home organization and reusable container products; Conti ...
. In 2017,
Stanley Black & Decker
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., formerly known as The Stanley Works, is a Fortune 500 American manufacturer of industrial tools and household hardware and provider of security products. Headquartered in the greater Hartford city of New Britain ...
purchased the tools business of Newell Brands, including Lenox.
Gallery
Image:Lenox utility knife.jpg, A Lenox utility knife
A utility knife is any type of knife used for general manual work purposes.Peterson, Harold L., ''Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World'', London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd., , p. 1 Such knives were originally fixed-blade knives with d ...
.
See also
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Lenox Industrial Tools 301
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History
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NASCAR
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race formerly sponsored by the company.
References
External links
Lenox Industrial Tools web site
Tool manufacturing companies of the United States
Manufacturing companies based in Massachusetts
Manufacturing companies established in 1915
1915 establishments in Massachusetts
Newell Brands
Stanley Black & Decker brands
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