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...Hammer has a rosette stamp top can only read ville bottom tool works 1lb 3.9oz
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In 1941, there was a mention in the publication Hardware Age showing Evansville Tool Works as a Division of the American Fork & Hoe Co. (which was the owner of Kelly Axe and the True Temper brand).
The brands listed are:
Aristocrat
Defender
Evansville
Grand Leader
New Advance
X-Pert
from Hardware Age, Volume 148, Issues 1-6, p. 65, 1941