Vintage Defiance By Stanley No 1221 12" Combination Square Made In USA

Beautiful vintage Defiance by Stanley 12 inch combination square          Made in USA             In an excellent vintage condition         Clean

This square is similar to the Stanley No 21 square with a centre slotted rule.  It does not come with scribe nor does it have a hole for one.

The No 1221 square did not come with a level  vial.  The vial cavity is filled with cast iron

The birth of the Defiance tool line

In 1929 Stanley introduces the Defiance tool line. Marked by less expensive quality tools, the line included all the customary tools, braces, drills, hammers, levels, screwdrivers, squares and planes. By 1939 the line expanded to include awls, bevels, wood & metal chisels, a crowbar, drill bits and bit extensions, files, a hatchet, an ice pick, nail sets, pliers, punches, saw sets, tape measures, tin snips, vises, wrenches, zigzag folding rules and by 1952 even a wedge vise.

With the onset of the Great Depression, company officials sensed a large market of farmers and homeowners who wanted to do their own work with a cheaper quality set of tools.

The Defiance name was acquired in the 1880 purchase of Bailey Wringer Machine Co. That company made planes with the Defiance name and a battle -axe trademark. Stanley Rule & Level Co. first used the Defiance name on a cheaper screwdriver  line in 1904.

In March 1923, Stanley included the Defiance name in the patent office's book of product names for future use on a general line of tools.

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