Tobin Arms Mfg. Co. Ltd wasn't listed in the Woodstock City directories after 1916. Listings for the address of the factory in city directories after 1916 show the Arnold Thompson Tool Co. located there. In the 1918, 1920 and 1922 city directories G. B. Crandall is listed as a machinist at the Standard Tube Co. According to the Marvyn Scudder Manual of Extinct and Obsolete Companies Tobin Arms charter was surrendered to the Provincial Secretary and Registrar on December 19, 1921. The earliest G.B. Crandall ad I've found is in the February 1923 issue of Rod & Gun in Canada.
Frank Major Tobin lived the rest of his life in Woodstock. For many years he was secretary of the Canadian Stove Manufacturers Association. According to family members I spoke with back in 1994, he was also involved in the marketing of a collapsible boat and early experiments with milk cartons. Frank died October 10, 1939.
The two Norwich catalogues of Tobin Arms I've found are numbered 206 and 307. The 307 came with a flyer, dated late in 1907, announcing the Black Diamond Grade. My guess is these catalogues equate to 1906 and 1907. Likely there was a 104 or 105 catalogue. Were there 408 and 509?? All the Tobin ads I've found in American sporting magazines were between January 1906 and October 1907. The Woodstock catalogues I've seen are 110, 211, and 311. Are there any others? I have at least four different undated Crandall/Tobin catalogues that one can sort of date by the testimonial letters reproduced therein.
