In article ,
dpb wrote:
Robert Bonomi wrote:
In article ,
dpb wrote:
Phisherman wrote:
On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:24:47 -0800 (PST), GROVER
wrote:

On Dec 30, 7:07 am, Phisherman wrote:
I broke my vintage Goodell 22 1-1/4" 22 E putty knife while removing
some old brick molding around a door. It has a full tang and
comfortable molded plastic handle. Who makes or owns Goodell? Looking
where to buy.
Try Goodell Tools Inc.
Fax #: 763-531-0252
http://www.goodelltools.com

Joe G

Bad link?
Looks like either Goodell has gone under or been bought out, maybe???

Or, I suppose the server could be out for maintenance over the holiday
week but I could find only one distributor that had anything of theirs
in stock and it was just a couple of taping knives.

It's not the web-server. it is the domain-name itself that fails. No
registration data whatsoever. So it's been 'gone' for a while.

History -- Goodell Tool mreged with Goodell-Pratt, back in the 1920s.

Subsequent history shows they're part of Miller Falls.

I think that's the brother(? at least a different person) -- pretty sure
if they had gone away in the '20s there wouldn't have _ever_ been a
domain name...

There were only FIVE Goodell brothers, and a whole bunch of company names.
It was a somewhat incestuous situation. One of the Goodells would leave
a 'family' company, to start his own operation, and a couple of decades
later the 'upstart' would get bought up by /merged into one of the long-
standing 'Goodell' companies. "Can't tell the players w/o a scorecard"
is apt.

One of the OP's questions was "who owns them". Thus the Goodell-Pratt and
Miller Falls info

The brand stayed around _long_ after Goodell Tool-Goodell-Pratt,
and after Goodell-Pratt-Miller Falls

I'm guessing Miller Falls has finally dropped the line. BUT, Miller Falls
may have similar product under one of their other labels.