{{Short description|American supplier of hand tools}} {{Infobox brand | logo = Crescent (brand) logo.svg | name = Crescent | image = | type = Hand tools | currentowner = Apex Tool Group | origin = USA | introduced = 1907 | discontinued = | related = | markets = | previousowners = Crescent Niagara Corporation<br>Crescent Tool Company<br>Cooper Tools | trademarkregistrations = | website = www.crescenttool.com }}
'''Crescent''' is a brand of hand tools. It originated with the '''Crescent Tool Company''', founded in 1907. The Crescent brand has changed ownership multiple times. It is currently owned by Apex Tool Group, LLC of Sparks, Maryland as part of its Hand Tools division. It is best known for its style of adjustable wrench.<ref>{{cite patent|country=US|number=1133236|pubdate=1915-03-23|title=Wrench|assign1=Crescent Tool Co.|inventor1-last=Peterson|inventor1-first=Karl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Crescent Tool Company: Adjustable Wrenches |url=http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/crescent-tool.html#adjust |website=Alloy Artifacts |accessdate=2010-02-07}}</ref>
== History == The Crescent Tool Company was founded in Jamestown, New York, by Karl Peterson and Edward J. Worcester in 1907. It is considered "one of the crown jewels of Jamestown's industry".<ref name="Crocker">{{Cite book |last1=Crocker |first1=Kathleen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s6_sHBjkehEC&q=%22Crescent+Tool+Company%22&pg=PA40 |title=Jamestown |last2=Currie, Jane |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=0-7385-3515-X |location=Portsmouth, New Hampshire |page=40 |accessdate=2010-02-08}}</ref> The company soon became known for its adjustable wrenches.<ref name="Crocker" />
On his famous 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic, Charles Lindbergh said that he took only "gasoline, sandwiches, a bottle of water, and a Crescent wrench and pliers".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-12-12 |title=The Crescent Wrench Turns 100 |work=BuildingOnline |url=http://www.buildingonline.com/news/viewnews.pl?id=6674&subcategory=242 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708104323/http://www.buildingonline.com/news/viewnews.pl?id=6674&subcategory=242 |archive-date=2011-07-08 |accessdate=2010-02-08}}</ref><ref name="Fifield">{{Cite news |last=Fifield |first=Will |date=June 2007 |title=A Century of Success |work=Costco Connection |url=http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/200706/?pg=34#pg34 |accessdate=2010-02-08}}</ref> There was a rumor that Richard Evelyn Byrd, on his initial journey to Alaska, had a Crescent wrench in his provisions.<ref name="Crocker" />
The Crescent Tool Company was acquired by a group of investors from Schoellkopf, Hutton & Pomeroy in 1960 after Marvin Peterson, Karl's son, sold it.<ref name="Fifield" /> The combined company was renamed the Crescent Niagara Corporation.<ref name="1961Cousins">{{cite news |title=Schoellkopf Cousins Continue Upstate Success Story; TWO COUSINS ADD TO SUCCESS STORY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/02/16/archives/schoellkopf-cousins-continue-upstate-success-story-two-cousins-add.html |access-date=14 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=16 February 1961}}</ref> In 1968, Crescent Niagara was acquired by Cooper Industries.<ref name="1968Offer">{{cite news |title=Offer Is Extended |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/10/27/archives/offer-is-extended.html |access-date=14 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=27 October 1968}}</ref><ref name="Digest1968">{{cite book |last1=Commission |first1=United States Securities and Exchange |title=News Digest |date=1968 |publisher=Securities and Exchange Commission |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=320-AQAAIAAJ |access-date=14 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> In 2010, the tool divisions of Cooper Industries and Danaher Corporation formed a joint venture, Apex Tool Group, LLC. The brand is currently owned by Apex Brands, Inc. the intellectual property entity of Apex Tool Group.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crescent Tool Company: Company History |url=http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/crescent-tool.html#history |website=Alloy Artifacts |accessdate=2010-02-07}}</ref>
Crescent brand adjustable wrenches are manufactured in both Sumter, South Carolina and in China.
== Gallery ==
<gallery> Image:Crescent adjustable wrench.jpg|A Crescent adjustable wrench. </gallery>
== References ==
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== External links == * [http://www.apextoolgroup.com/brands/crescent/ Crescent website]
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Category:Tool manufacturing companies of the United States Category:Apex Tool Group brands Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1907 Category:1907 establishments in New York (state)