Bridgeport Hardware Manufacturing Corporation was founded in 1895 by Willis F. Hobbs in Bridgeport Connecticut. The tools were frequently marked with the companys initials BHM sometimes in a stylized BHMLogo. They also used a number of unregistered brands for its products including Matchless Hybar Sure Grip RadioLectric. In the early 1960s Bridgeport Hardware was acquired by Crescent Niagara. This fully illustrated catalog includes awls box chisels box openers box scrapers can openers hammers