[2] Its pliers have distinctive sky-blue handle grips; the company has been using the same trademarked shade of blue since 1956.

When he ran out of tools, he would sell the wagon and buy a train ticket home to Evansburg.

In 1904, the company moved to a 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m2) facility in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and added nippers, pinchers and open-end wrenches to its product line.

[6] From this point to the 1960s, the company began to focus more on the fast-growing pliers side of its business, developing improvements to the original design.

As of 2023[update], the company claimed to be among the largest employers in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, with over 350 full-time employees.