Hanson Inc. Router Bits

[Denis Rezendes]

Does anyone have experience with Hanson router bits? It looks like Henry L Hanson, Inc. out of Worchester MA is no more but a large lot of router bits just came up for sale locally and the price is right. Looking to see if anyone has used them and/or can attest to their quality or lack thereof before I drive out to take a look at them. I've added an example of the packaging below. Thanks.

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[Brian Gumpper]

I have been in the business 20 years and never heard of them. If they are an older company might want to check if they are high speed steel or carbide tipped.

[Denis Rezendes]

I found some references online to drill bits, but nothing for router bits. There are ~100 bits and per the post ~70 are carbide and the rest are hss.

[Tom M King]

Logo looks like the same company that made drill bits. I'm sure they will work fine.

[Curt Harms]

I have a Hanson tap & die set from my father. I recently bought an Irwin metric set and except for the color the packaging is the same. It looks like Irwin bought Hanson or something like that.