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    Default Original Rawl bolts

    I’ve always known Rawl plugs to be the plastic bits you put into a masonry hole and screw your fastener into.

    While going through some stuff of my Grandfathers that dad has now - I found these:




    No idea how old they are, but I’ve never come across them before.
    I don’t think dad who’s 80yo now ever used them either so must be going back a bit.

    Hope it’s of interest to some of you.

    Steve

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    I can't believe the detail on them. Compared to the newer plastic junk.

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    I've a very vague recollection of seeing them when I was about 10 years old. My father was a painter and also repaired some of the older homes in the area.
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    Hi Steve, Guys,

    Those Rawl Bolt anchors were the original brick and concrete fastenings introduced in the late 1880's by the "Rawling Brothers". Just about anything that needed fastening down used them.

    https://www.rawlplug.com/en/100-year...plug-s-history
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    Still available in some countries, albeit slightly less fancy. I think I got this at a hardware store in Singapore.
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    Thanks for the link John.
    Reading through that info - The original plugs date back to the 1800’s, but the patent for the bolts was quite a bit later - issued in 1934.
    Great to hear that the company is still going in a reasonably similar form to what it was historically, and hasn’t just been gobbled up by some large international and lost its identity.

    Steve

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    there was also the Rawl nut...a rubber type lookalike to a nutsert.

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