DOWIDAT

Dowidat was a company founded 1949 by one of the remaining 2 Dowidat brothers (the 3rd. died at younger age) because of disagreements of the 2. So the one Dowidat brother stayed in the GEDORE company (founded by them) and the other left to open up his own "Dowidat" company. Later Dowidat merged with "Belzer" to form "Belzer-Dowidat" and then in 1988 they were bought by Bahco. The Dowidat name then disappeared and tools were sold under the Bahco-Belzer brand but thats history too. [GarageJournal.com]