Schollhorn, Bernard and Sargent Tools - Company History and Lore

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-schollh...

Catalogs:
https://archive.org/search?query=crea...

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

Bernard Bio 1918:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Schollhorn bio:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Teising Announcement 1880:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...

1881 Star Shears Ad:
https://books.google.com/books?id=HzI...

Schollhorn obituary 1890:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Articles of Incorporation 1891:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...

1893 JJ President:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

1897 Bernard VP
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Bridgeport Lawsuit:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Dog trademark lawsuit:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Berbecker obituary 1915:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...

Sears Gov't Surplus Bernard Ad:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...

1946 Strike, Lillian Bernecker Webb president:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...

Bernard patents:
https://patents.google.com/?inventor=...

Sargent Links:
https://www.elmcitytools.com/About/
https://web.archive.org/web/200610240...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_...

1907 George Sargent Interview:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

JB RIP 1907:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Henry Sargent Pres 1917:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

1927 George Sargent Pres, Henry Sargent RIP.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

1936 Phillip E Barth:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Sargent Patents:
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/...

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