136 YEARS OF TOOLMAKING EXCELLENCE

Howard A. Vaughan, Jr., President

Sponsors of Hammernet

"HAMMER" SPOKEN HERE

Welcome, I'm Howard Vaughan, president of Vaughan and Bushnell Manufacturing, and fourth generation of the family that founded our company over 136 years ago.

Today, we are the world's largest producers of hammers and other quality hand tools. In addition to our Vaughan brand, we also produce hammers carrying the label of some of the nation's largest retailers. We also make products to help the tradesperson and the craftsman in their everyday jobs - such as our popular Superbar®, the number one selling prying tool in the world today.

But mostly we concentrate on hammers - quality hammers - offering more than 250 different types and sizes to fit all possible jobs. Emphasizing quality, we were the world's first hammer manufacturer to receive the coveted International Standards Organization ISO 9002 certification.

In conjunction with the National Association of Home & Workshop Writers (NAHWW), we are proud sponsors of the annual Vaughan Golden Hammer Awards honoring the nation's top home improvement and do-it-yourself writers

Because hammers have been the focus of our company and the subject of our family gatherings for these many years, we would like to share with you on this web-site some of the interesting information we have gathered, plus materials from other sources having this common interest.

Because we still consider this site to be "under the hammer," we welcome your comments on our "Ask Us" page, as we seek not only to answer your questions, but to keep you updated with new information provided by our visitors.

We hope you enjoy "Hammernet" and that you'll also stop by at our company web-site at http://www.vaughanmfg.com.

Thanks, good surfing and happy hammering!

Vaughan & Bushnell is one of the oldest, major companies in the U.S. still operating under its original, founding family.(Since 1869)