For over 200 years, the company Morse Cutting Tools has made a dependable name for itself that is founded in the quality of their diverse product lines. The company began with one the imagination of one man- Stephan A. Morse, and his creation of one product- the twist drill. The twist drill was a new device that allowed a new and easier way to drill a hole. With a new patent and 30, 000 dollars to start up his own company, Stephan Morse opened the Morse Twist Drill and Machine Company in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1864.
Realizing that he needed to create something innovative to promote his product, he created the taper shank series. In the taper shank series, two sets of master gages were fashioned. One set was sent to the government who standardized it, and the other set stayed in ownership of the Morse Company.
Although the company became successful and internationally known for their superior products, the major growth did not begin until the late nineteenth century. During that time they began to grow rapidly, acquiring companies like the Manhattan Firearms of Newark and New Jersey, and the American Standard Tool Company of Danbury, Connecticut. Other acquisitions of the Morse Company included the Beach Chuck patent of the Meridian Tool Company, Meridian, Connecticut, and the Schoefield patent grinding line. In 1874, Morse purchased the machinery, patents, and stock from the New York Tap and Die Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The attainment of these products and companies over the years continued enhancing the overall goal and well being of the company and its original product, giving them an edge.
In 1897, Morse bought the T & B Tool Company, which manufactured constant angle twist drills. Sound familiar? The twist to the story of the origin of T & B Tool Company and its angle twist drills was that a previous employee who worked for Morse founded T & B. He had left Morse to pursue his own ventures, which turned out to be the invention of a tool quite complementary to the Morse Company’s patented jewel- the twist drill. Pratt and Whitney funded his ventures. Ironically, Morse bought him out.
During the twentieth century, prior to World War I, business for Morse continued to grow. Morse developed a line of generic machine grinders used for drilling. Between World War I and World War II however, there was an immense need for further production of this product and Morse began putting out nearly five times as much drills as before! These mainly contributed to the war and its efforts. 
After the wars, Morse continued to uphold the high standards of its American- made cutting tools, even though it spend years going through changes in ownership. Companies that owned Morse at one time or another included Gulf+Western, and a Scottish manufacturing company. Today, a group of American investors own Morse Tools, and are committed to the same high standards established over 200 years ago. Morse Cutting Tools now carries a diverse variety of over 25,000 cutting tools able to suit the needs of its equally diverse marketplace.
Stephan A. Morse’s imagination and innovation still carries over into the modern twenty first century company he once owned. Morse Cutting Tools values the same originality in their tools today that he did then. Morse Cutting Tool products sold today include burrs, c’bores and c’ sinks, drills, end mills, milling products, reamers, saw, taps and dies, tool bits, and much more.