• Vintage Hoppe No 250 Adjustable Hacksaw Made in Germany
  • Vintage Hoppe No 250 Adjustable Hacksaw Made in Germany
  • Vintage Hoppe No 250 Adjustable Hacksaw Made in Germany
  • Vintage Hoppe No 250 Adjustable Hacksaw Made in Germany

Vintage Hoppe No 250 Adjustable Hacksaw Made in Germany

$21.00

SKU: 20210519003 Category:

Description

Very nice vintage adjustable hacksaw manufactured in Germany by Hoppe. The company sourced tool makers in Germany and had the tools branded as Hoppe, and it was located at one point in Toronto and Scarborough. A unique find, both a functional tool and vintage collectible available for pick up in west Toronto or we can ship it across Canada and US.

Additional information

Weight1.5 kg
Dimensions50 × 20 × 6 cm

Brand

Hoppe

The company was started by Otto Hoppe, who emigrated to Canada after WWII . He died sortly after my father-in-law began working at Hoppe, and the company was run by Werner Rademaker, who was a friend of Hoppe's in Germany. The company sourced tool makers in Germany and had the tools branded as Hoppe. The company also sourced tools from the US, which might explain the similarity to an existing US brand of tools. At one point Hoppe sold different tools, namely ratchets, sockets, monkey wrenches, push drills, spring scales, pliers, side cutters, wrenches, awls, countersinks, squares and twist drills. They also made glass cutters. Hoppe tried sourcing tools from China, but the socket wrenches failed under testing and the entire shipment was rejected, leaving Hoppe with little inventory.
For more info check http://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2012/10/vanished-tool-makes-hoppe.html