[TheForge] Bull Hammer??

GHS [email protected]
Thu Apr 15 15:54:01 2004


If they are really dead, then that may let Tom out of whatever non 
compete thing that they might have with him. I wonder who now owns the 
patents?

This could be a very good thing for us Bull owners.

Mike Graf

[email protected] wrote:
> Bull Hammers defunct
> 
>  The demise of Bull Hammers is a long sad story. The original owner and 
> designer of the Bull hammer line, Tom Troszak lost control of his 
> company to Vincent Venegoni who offered to invest in the company and 
> instead took over the company forcing out co-owners Tom Troszak and 
> Denise Mills by questionable means. What was supposed to be a bailout 
> became a lockout in February of 2003.
> 
>  Recently, Venegoni and the new operators of the company closed down 
> without notice, owing all their suppliers and advertisers (including 
> us). Their web page is still posted claiming "hammers in inventory" 
> while in reality the company is gone.
> 
>  Tom Troszak continues to design and build custom machinery including 
> power hammers.
> 
> http://www.anvilfire.com/news/index.htm
> _________________________________
> 
> 
> On Apr 13, 2004, at 10:51 PM, GHS wrote:
> 
>> I do not believe that they are belly up. They just do a REAL good job of
>> pretending.
>> The last time I tried to get through it took several emails, and more
>> telephone calls.
>>
>> It really tells you where the soul of this hammer lies, that Tom is
>> answering the questions. Me thinks that the quality of the man shows
>> through in the hammer.
>>
>> I wonder how long the new ownership can live on that?
>>
>> Thanks Tom.
>>
>> Mike Graf
> 
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