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Estwing was founded by Swedish immigrant Ernest O. Estwing nearly a century a go. Ernest had a talent for forging hammers from one solid piece of hardened steel and the rest as they say is history.

ROCKFORD — Norman Estwing lived his life a lot like the tools he made for a living. The former president and CEO of Rockford-based Estwing Manufacturing Co. was reliable, strong and committed to ...