SOLIDHED EYELET TOOL,

HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

ANTIQUE, c1927.

MADE IN GERMANY.

NOTE: If you enjoy collecting antique office supplies, this is probably going to be one of those items you're going to want in your collection!

QUANTITY: ONE vintage Solidhed Company, Inc., eyelet tool in very good condition!

YEAR OF MANUFACTURER: Based on our research, we believe this particular eyelet tool is circa 1927 (approximately 96-years old).

ABOUT THE SOLIDHED EYELET TOOL: This antique eyelet tool measures approximately 5.58" tall by 3.65" wide by 0.97" thick and weighs approximately 4.5 ounces / 129 grams (yes, it's rugged weighing over 1/4-pound!). This tool incorporates several features: A hole punch and a set of riveting / crimping dies. There is also some interesting engineering involved in how the tool is designed to exert pressure to crimp and curl the eyelet.

This punch is in very-good condition with only trace amounts of plating loss / rust / dings / dents. We have made no attempt at cleaning it.

WHAT'S AN EYELET TOOL?: This particular style of "Eyelet Fastener" was used in place of staples to secure documents together (“...such as valuable statements, vouchers, legal papers, etc., because it assured security and permanence and is an insurance against substitution and loss...”). Eyelets could also be attached to card stock (such as product identification or shipping tags) and a string attached to affix the tag to inventory / freight / other items.

ABOUT THE SOLIDHED COMPANY, INC.: The Solidhed Company was located in Hoboken, New Jersey. An article in the May 26, 1927 edition of The Iron Age reported The Solidhed Tack Company and the Hawkes Jackson Company, both of New York, manufacturers of tacks, have been consolidated under the name of the Solidhed Company, Inc., and the offices and factory removed to 88 River Street Hoboken, New Jersey.

An advertisement on Page 40 of the June 23, 1917 edition of The American Stationer and Office Outfitter put the company, then known as Solidhead Tack Company (a manufacturer or thumb tacks) at 38 Murray Street, New York. An image of the company's trademark on Page 13 of the April 29, 1917 edition of The American Stationer and Office Outfitter would likely be considered racist by today's standards (thus we are not including that advertisement in with our listing's photographs).

An article on Page 61 of the December 19, 1908 edition of The Metal Worker, Plumber and Steam Fitter reported the Hawkes-Jackson Company, 82 Duane Street [New York City] are making a new thumb tack called Solidhed which is in colors and covered with celluloid.

The earliest advertising we could locate regarding the Hawkes-Jackson Company was and announcement in the April 15, 1897 edition of The American Station: “Hawkes-Jackson Company of New York City has been incorporated to manufacture stationery novelties and supplies Capital $10,000...”

The last mention we could find of The Solidhed Company was in 1927 - - immediately after the merger. We suspect the company may not have survived the economic collapse of The Great Depression.

SPECIAL OR UNUSUAL FEATURES: Bares the manufacturer's mark of SOLIDHED CO Hoboken, NJ and Made in Germany.

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SOLIDHED EYELET TOOL - HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY - ANTIQUE, c1927, MADE IN GERMANY