Excellent Vintage Eclipse Tubular No 20 T. Pattern Hacksaw Introduced 1924 Sheffield, England

An excellent vintage Eclipse Tubular No 20T. Pattern hacksaw with extra blade                                                    Made in Sheffield England                                                                 Introduced 1924                                               All metal construction.                                                    In a great clean vintage condition  

This is a real quality tool !!

The Eclipse Tubular No 20T Pattern hacksaw was the first hacksaw the company introduced in 1924 !!!

James Neill was a young British accountant whose background included managing a vinegar business. At age 31, with no training or background in metallurgy, he started his own steel business. In 1889 he patented a type of steel faced iron that he named composite steel, marketing it under Eclipse trademark in 1909.

The name was taken from a British racehorse who had rose to fame a century before. At that time,he was described by the phrase "Eclipse first and the rest nowhere" and Neill took this as the company slogan.

Over the ensuing decades, the family-owned company acquired many of the great British toolmakers, including William Smith Tool and Steel, Peter Stubs, John Shaw, Moore & Wright and Elliot Lucas, bringing the companies product range to 11 000 items.

James Neill Tools bought Spear and Jackson in 1985. Spear & Jackson was founded in 1830, but can trace it's lineage as far  back as 1760. These guys have been making hand tools for a long time. Ten years later James Neill Tools was renamed Spear & Jackson. It is now owned by SNH Global.

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