Stuhr Products

Wholesale and Retail sales of the toy "Bill Ding Balancing Clowns" Stuhr Products is the proud owner of "Bill Ding Balancing Clowns", a unique hand/eye coordination toy made from White Birch wood and lead free paint. In 1931 Strombeck Manufacturing ...

Wholesale and Retail sales of the toy "Bill Ding Balancing Clowns" Stuhr Products is the proud owner of "Bill Ding Balancing Clowns", a unique hand/eye coordination toy made from White Birch wood and lead free paint. In 1931 Strombeck Manufacturing from Moline, Illinois, introduced Bill Ding Balancing Clowns which turned out to be one of their best sellers for the company. Strombeck manufactured Bill Ding until the 1960's. In 1980, Chicago Cutlery bought Strombeck Manufacturing and in 1985 Ed Stuhr of Stuhr Enterprises, puchased the wood division of Chicago Cutlery. Included in that purchase were the rights and patents to Bill Ding Clowns. Stuhr Enterprises started to manufacture Bill Ding in 1988 and continued until 2001 when the plant closed and Ed retired. Still loving his toy and wanting to continue its production, Ed and his wife Katherine, pursued a long and sometimes difficult journey to its reintroduction in the market place under the name of Stuhr Products. Bill Ding Balancing Clowns provide hours of fun for the whole family.