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  Sears Favorite.JPG - SEARS FAVORITE - Favorite type, 10 inches long, with riveted thimble, sold by Sears (advertised in 1902 catalog), no marking, teardrop handle, #15 in Wilson's Candlestick Guide (In the early 1900s, two giant catalog companies, Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward, were in stiff competition to supply miner's candlesticks to the mining community. The Sears 1902 catalog identifies their stick as the "favorite" brand selling for 30 cents and is shown in my photo. The Montgomery Ward stick advertised in their 1908 catalog sold for 40 cents and in all features is identical to the Sears stick except for the handle shape. The Sears stick has a teardrop shape while Montgomery Ward's handle is circular. The Sears stick is unmarked as are most of the Ward's sticks. However a few Ward's sticks do carry a MW mark on the shaft. It is thought that the same maker sold sticks to both Sears and Wards. The distinguishing feature unique to these sticks is the manner in which the thimble is applied. A 180-degree bend is made to form the thimble stem, a single rivet fastens the sheet steel thimble to the thimble stem and the stem continues under the spike to form the hook. See Bobrink, Mining Artifact Collector #6, p 15)  
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Sears Favorite | SEARS FAVORITE - Favorite type, 10 inches long, with riveted thimble, sold by Sears (advertised in 1902 catalog), no marking, teardrop handle, #15 in Wilson's Candlestick Guide (In the early 1900s, two giant catalog companies, Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward, were in stiff competition to supply miner's candlesticks to the mining community. The Sears 1902 catalog identifies their stick as the "favorite" brand selling for 30 cents and is shown in my photo. The Montgomery Ward stick advertised in their 1908 catalog sold for 40 cents and in all features is identical to the Sears stick except for the handle shape. The Sears stick has a teardrop shape while Montgomery Ward's handle is circular. The Sears stick is unmarked as are most of the Ward's sticks. However a few Ward's sticks do carry a MW mark on the shaft. It is thought that the same maker sold sticks to both Sears and Wards. The distinguishing feature unique to these sticks is the manner in which the thimble is applied. A 180-degree bend is made to form the thimble stem, a single rivet fastens the sheet steel thimble to the thimble stem and the stem continues under the spike to form the hook. See Bobrink, Mining Artifact Collector #6, p 15) Download Original Image
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