Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 38 minutes ago

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This video chronicles the history of Channellock. From their beginnings in
George DeArment's blacksmith shop, to the Champion-DeArment era and the
introduction of the "tounge in groove" Channellock pliers in 1932,
Channellock is one of the oldest family run tool companies in America, still
making tools in the same factory they moved into in 1923.

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Moar History:
channellock.com/history
alloy-artifacts.org/champion-dearment-tool.html
archive.org/details/channellock-first-100-years/mode/2up

Channellock Patents:
patents.google.com/?inventor=George+B+De+Arment
patents.google.com/?assignee=CHAMPION+DE+ARMENT+TOOL+COMPAN
patents.google.com/?assignee=Channellock+Inc

Old Channellock Catalogs:
archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Champion+DeArment+Tool+Co.%22
archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Channellock%2C+Inc.%22

1891 Champion Bolt Clipper ad:
google.com/books/edition/The_Iron_Age/b6E-AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Champion+Bolt+%26+Clipper+Company&pg=PA155&printsec=frontcover

1899 Champion Hammer Ad:
google.com/books/edition/Hardware_Dealers_Magazine/ekw-AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=champion+toolh&pg=PA462&printsec=frontcover

1905 Champion Hoof File Ads:
google.com/books/edition/Hardware/3Jk7AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=champion+tool+company&pg=RA4-PA42&printsec=frontcover

Made in America Roundtable 2017:
meadvilletribune.com/news/local_news/channellock-part-of-certified-made-in-america-roundtable-in-d-c/article_0ca87ff7-9ed2-57da-902a-c4b71ab9046c.html

Channellock Blue Color:
hextoral.com/hex-color/0092c4/munsell

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Champion Bolt Clipper Co
01:26 Champion Tool Company
02:13 Channellock Pliers are Born
03:20 1950's Growth
04:02 Dat Blue Color Though
04:22 1960's and Beyond
05:02 Present Day
05:27 Imported Tools
05:53 My Thoughts