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Some of the YesteryearsTools information on Norlund is incomplete. For example, Norlund (not Norland), of Williamsport PA, was evidently selling gaffs, fish spears, and "creepers" back around 1910:
from The Outdoorsman's Handbook (formerly The Angler's Guide), Volume 1910
edited by Wainwright Randall, Reuben Johnson Held, Edward Baldwin Rice, Warren Hastings Miller
Olof A. Norlund (not Norland), of Williamsport PA, was awarded a patent for a similar gaff in 1901.
A trademark for Norlund's was registered in Canada in 1950, with indication that it was first used in Canada in 1914, and first used in the USA in 1910. The name of the applicant was:
O.A. NORLUND COMPANY INC,
1718 East Third Street
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
and the holder of the registration was:
MANN EDGE TOOL COMPANY,
Lewistown, Pa.
(from WIPO Global Brand Database)
Interesting photos (from an old auction listing) of a gaff marked
O.A. NORLUND CO.
DIV. MANN EDGE TOOL CO.
A "Hardware Age" listing, reportedly from 1962, shows that O.A. Norlund Co. was a Division of Mann Edge Tool.
Thank you for this. Yes, LOTS of misinformation on Yesteryears tools.