SK Hand Tools (styled earlier as S-K, now usually SK) is a tool company located in Sycamore, Illinois, with additional manufacturing facilities in China, Taiwan, and Colorado Springs, Colorado.[1] Outlets for their products include independent tool-truck dealers, auto parts stores, and major internet vendors such as Sears and Amazon.com. The company has a tool line of over 3,500 items including wrenches, ratchets, screwdrivers, tool boxes and air tools. In 2021, SK was acquired by Hangzhou GreatStar Industrial.
Jay Leno described the company as "an iconic American brand for decades,"[2] and the company is known for inventing the round-head ratchet wrench.
History
SK was founded as the Sherman-Klove Company, specializing in screw machine products, by Mason H. Sherman and Noah Grover Klove. The company was founded in the early 20th century to supply munitions in World War I, and made mortar housings in a screw machine plant on Harrison Street in Chicago. During the 1920s SK operated primarily as a contract company, making tools for other brands (including