{"id":999,"date":"2014-07-29T07:34:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T07:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/?page_id=999"},"modified":"2017-02-07T06:39:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T06:39:58","slug":"stiletto-chisels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/chisels\/swedish-chisels\/stiletto-chisels\/","title":{"rendered":"Stiletto Chisels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was an unusual find &#8212; a chisel made by Jernbolaget of Eskilstuna, Sweden for Baker &amp; Hamilton (Stiletto) in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>The Stiletto Tool Company started out as Baker &amp; Hamilton during the California Gold rush in 1849, when they began selling tools to gold miners out of a tent at the gold camp near Sacramento. They eventually became a large Western agricultural implement dealer and tool distributor.<\/p>\n<p>They developed the distinctive Stiletto trademark shown below and placed it prominently on their tools.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/stiletto-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/stiletto-logo.jpg\" alt=\"stiletto logo\" width=\"435\" height=\"462\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Through a series of changes and purchases Baker &amp; Hamilton eventually became The Stiletto Tool Company which is currently located in Winton, California.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, Stiletto was bought by Milwaukee Electric Tools of Brookfield, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Stiletto&#8217;s specializes in titanium striking tools, including their popular lightweight titanium hammers.<\/p>\n<p>This Stiletto chisel has a highly figured masur birch handle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stiletto-Jern-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stiletto-Jern-11.jpg\" alt=\"Stiletto Jern 11\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is the imprint on the front of the blade &#8212; &#8220;SWEDEN&#8221;, plus the trademark for Jernbolaget from Eskilstuna, Sweden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stiletto-Jern-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stiletto-Jern-12.jpg\" alt=\"Stiletto Jern 12\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stiletto-Jern-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stiletto-Jern-13.jpg\" alt=\"Stiletto Jern 13\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the very distinctive &#8220;STILETTO&#8221; imprint and double arrow insignia stamped on the back of the chisel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stiletto-Jern-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stiletto-Jern-14.jpg\" alt=\"Stiletto Jern 14\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is some additional information on Baker and Hamilton\/The Stiletto Tool Company.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1849 &#8211; Baker and Hamilton began selling tools to gold miners in a tent store near Sacramento, California<\/li>\n<li>1851 &#8211; Baker and Hamilton opened their first permanent location in &#8220;Old Town&#8221; Sacramento.<\/li>\n<li>1887 &#8211; Baker and Hamilton expanded their Sacramento store and warehouse to a full city block<\/li>\n<li>1893 &#8211; Baker and Hamilton Company took over the farm implement business from Warren &amp; Sons in Sacramento<\/li>\n<li>1906 &#8211; Baker and Hamilton&#8217;s brand new building was completely destroyed in the Big San Francisco Earthquake<\/li>\n<li>1974 &#8211; Baker and Hamilton closed their doors permanently and all inventory was sold to California Hardware<\/li>\n<li>1997 &#8211; Renegade Hammer Co. owner Mark Martinez acquires the Stiletto Trademark and production rights<\/li>\n<li>1998 &#8211; Martinez invents worlds first solid Titanium framing hammer<\/li>\n<li>1999 &#8211; First &#8220;Stiletto&#8221; branded Titanium hammer is manufactured and sold out of Atwater, Ca.<\/li>\n<li>2007 &#8211; Stiletto is purchased by Milwaukee Electric Tools in Brookfield, WI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was an unusual find &#8212; a chisel made by Jernbolaget of Eskilstuna, Sweden for Baker &amp; Hamilton (Stiletto) in the USA. The Stiletto Tool Company started out as Baker &amp; Hamilton during the California Gold rush in 1849, when &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/chisels\/swedish-chisels\/stiletto-chisels\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stiletto Chisels<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":110,"menu_order":430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-999","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/999\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galootopia.com\/old_tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}