tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post4600852152622552279..comments2024-03-28T18:12:54.222-04:00Comments on Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long.: Vanished Tool Makes: Damon Raike GermanyMister Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17663484841011868779noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-52523819830594035592015-08-19T10:00:31.488-04:002015-08-19T10:00:31.488-04:00Thanks for adding this information! We're hop...Thanks for adding this information! We're hoping to use this blog in a small way to preserve the history of these various vanished toolmakers, while there are still people around who remember it. Your contribution is invaluable!The Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01482698067925791608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-65071600653125641692015-08-18T12:29:21.633-04:002015-08-18T12:29:21.633-04:00Damon Raike Co. DARAIKE Germany - Damon Raike Co. ...Damon Raike Co. DARAIKE Germany - Damon Raike Co. was actually a business started by Damon Raike Sr. in the early 1920's in Chicago, Illinois, but the tools were manufactured and imported from Germany (location unknown). Also, Damon started Brite-way Hardware and had about 18 stores in the Chicago area (no documentation found). Damon, a Mechanical Engineer, went to Germany on business a few times according to his son, Damon Raike Jr. <br />Damon’s father, Louis Raike, born in Russia, was a Milliner himself back in 1900 – 1910 along with his brother, Isidore and cousin, John Wineberg. Damon Sr. was born in Michigan, served and few months as a private during WWI and then started the Damon Raike Company and hardware business. <br />Shortly after starting the tool line, Damon had to give it up because of costs associated with the Fordney-McCumber Tariff of 1922 as it went into effect, which raised American tariffs on many imported goods. This was at a time when America was going through Isolationism by putting America first and limiting foreign trade and goods. By 1930, Damon started a Printing Business named Schenker Co. until he died in June 1945 in Cook County, Ill. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684098937263136063noreply@blogger.com