Mayhew Steel Products
- Headquarters
- Turners Falls, MA
- Manufacturing
- Turners Falls, MA · Taiwan, Japan and France (imported lines)
- Categories
- hand-tools-and-workshop
Mayhew has made punches, chisels and pry bars in western Massachusetts since 1856. It began in Shelburne Falls as W.H. Maynard & Company and has been Mayhew Steel Products since 1915. The Lawless family has run it for generations and has owned all of it since the 1990s. Today it has two plants in Massachusetts, the main one in Turners Falls, and says it employs more than 300 people. The local paper photographed workers there in 2023 forging pry bars and running the heat-treat furnace.
Mayhew says most of its tools are made in the US and that the imported ones are there to fill out the range. Every product page has a “Country of Origin” field. The pry bars, punches, chisels, scrapers, picks and pneumatic tools checked all read US. The screwdriver bits read Taiwan, and the pliers and low-profile screwdrivers read Japan.
Because those imports are hand tools under the same name, the brand as a whole sits at the floor. The forged tools Mayhew is known for are recorded individually below at the top mark. Check the origin field on anything else.
The record
The company says most of its tools are made in the US and the imported ones complement them
“Most of our tools are made in the US. Our high quality imported tools are meant to complement our US made offerings.”
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A pry bar product page gives the United States as country of origin
“Made in the USA”
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The company traces its roots to 1856 and runs two Massachusetts plants with over 300 employees
“Today, Mayhew operates two manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts, totaling 230,000 square feet and employing over 300 people.”
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A local newspaper photographed workers forging pry bars at the Turners Falls plant in 2023
“Greenfield resident Tyler O’Brien forges pry bars at Mayhew Tools in the Airport Industrial Park in Turners Falls.”
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Domain record
mayhew.com was registered on .It dates the domain, not the business: a maker that moved to a new address reads young here, and an old domain says nothing about who holds it now.
RDAP registry record · checked 19 Sep 2026
Products
Where to buyCold Chisel 7/8" x 12" (70217)
Made in USAThis item carries a different mark from Mayhew Steel Products as a whole, so it has its own record.
The cold chisels page says the chisels are made in the USA
“Made in the USA”
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- Where to buy
Dominator® Pro 4-Piece Curved Pry Bar Set (14065)
Made in USAThis item carries a different mark from Mayhew Steel Products as a whole, so it has its own record.
The Dominator Pro pry bar sets page says the sets are made in the USA
“Made in the USA”
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