Introduction

Simonds 1912 catalog

The primary purpose of this site is to post links to scans of Simonds catalogs and other promotional items. Founded in 1834, Simonds is one of America’s oldest tool makers, with an unmatched standard of high quality over the 180-plus years it has been in business.

There is a fine site by Brian Welch with Simonds history and Simonds hand and backsaw models. It changed web addresses in 2018:

Simonds Homepage and History

We will not repeat the valuable information that his site presents. This site will be a digital library of Simonds publications covering all their tools including files and saws of all types. We will also have basic facts to help understand the publications, like company names used through the years.

Please note that many of these printed items were copyrighted by Simonds. They are presented here as digital references for tool users and collectors, and to promote Simonds products. They are not intended as reprints or to be sold. Some were uploaded to the Internet Archive (Archive.org) and others to Google Docs.

Here are Simonds publications I have scanned and uploaded to Archive.org.

Another of my sites, American Made Files, has Simonds and Heller file catalogs.

There are several Simonds publications on Google Books.

Simonds plants in 1912 catalog