Let's show our wood (screwdrivers)

[Snaparxon]

Is this a Pexto? Only marking is a "2"

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Is this a Pexto? Only marking is a "2"

It does have all the usual characteristics. I have a No. 2, but it's marked differently.

 

[Snaparxon]

After seeing Lugs post about a no turn handle, I went back to the sale and grabbed this one, no markings. The bit says Goodell-Pratt but I don't think it actually belogs with this driver. There is no notch for the spring loaded holder to fit into when the bit is inserted.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I went back to the sale and grabbed this one, no markings.

Nice find. I've got one just like it!

Found it a few years back. Many more photos, other examples (@LesserSon has one, British, marked HARGREAVES or HY GREAVES?), and an ensuing conversation about the similarity of the mechanism to brace bits, as I recall, starting here on this thread.

 

[Beerhippie]

I finally found a fair condition Perfect handle!

I have no idea why these seem to be so rare around here, but they do. This is only the second I've ever found locally, and the other is pretty much trash.

Before cleaning:



Gotta remember to take some better "before" pics.... The handle is bent in at least two planes and the tip is completely round.

After:



I straightened the shaft best I could using a vise and armstrong pressure, then reshaped the tip to fit some large screws I had sitting on the bench.

I can't find any kind of mark on it. If it was ink-stamped, there's no way that survived.

 

[d42jeep]

I found a perfect handle screwdriver today as well. Based on the numeral in the triangle on the blade, I believe it to be a Tobrin. The blade isn’t too straight on this one either.
-Don

 

[Snaparxon]

After cleaning the handle a little bit it is stamped but can't clearly make out the letters.

 

[ararat]

Millers Falls no 63 ratcheting screwdriver. Made in Millers Falls Massachusetts. About 5". It came with set of tools I bought up while picking up a desk my daughter found on Facebook market. It works pretty good.

 

[Beerhippie]

Found an old Yankee North Bros ratcheting driver today:



Cleaned it up a bit, bent the shaft straighter, ground on the blade some and fed the handle some BLO:



The markings, such as they are:



Works perfectly. No idea what I'll do with it.

 

[RTM]

No idea what I'll do with it

What does that have to do with anything?

 

[d42jeep]

Found an old Yankee North Bros ratcheting driver today:



Cleaned it up a bit, bent the shaft straighter, ground on the blade some and fed the handle some BLO:



The markings, such as they are:



Works perfectly. No idea what I'll do with it.

Put it in the Yankee drawer.
-Don

 

[Beerhippie]

Put it in the Yankee drawer.
-Don

Is there room for it in your Yankee drawer?

 

[d42jeep]

It’s pretty full, but thanks. Nothing else will fIt in it. You need to have your own.
-Don

 

[Old Radar]

Works perfectly. No idea what I'll do with it.

Drive some screws with it without disengaging the tip from the screw or releasing your grip on the driver.
Works great and obviously lasts a long time.
I love them.

 

[d42jeep]

I found this Champion marked screwdriver at a garage sale yesterday. Was it made by Winchester?
-Don

Thanks to BK and LesserSon for providing a link to the Union catalog.
-Don

 

[Fred Knox]

A couple of recent finds:

1) early Stanley Sweetheart 16” No. 270 with original red hardwood handle. Any idea what the initials “NAGC” (I think) on the handle stand for?

2) Millers Falls No. 55 ratcheting screwdriver.

 

[d42jeep]

Here are two #1 Phillips screwdrivers I found yesterday. This is a Yankee made after North Bros sold out to Stanley.
Here is a Stanley with the later patent number.
-Don

 

[SquirrelsTools]

Been away for a while, happy to be back.

Question: Anyone know who made this Stubby 1/4 inch spinner? It's driving me up a wall.

 

[four.cycle]

1/4" hex shorty spinner with fancy handle?
not a clue!

 

[Mintgrun]

Nice one. This doesn't answer your question about the maker, but one like that sold on ePay on the 4th of July.

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[SquirrelsTools]

Also, not to just ask for input, Here's my user set of Perfect Handles. Three are Tobrin, and one is a tiny German guy. Wood handle screwdrivers take up a great deal of my restoration time.

If I hadn't just sold them, I'd get good pictures of the two matching Cased Colt pistol screwdrivers (circa 1850) that I had.

 

[d42jeep]

I don’t know who made this screwdriver but I felt sorry for it when I saw it at a Tahoe yard sale on Saturday.
As found
Cleaning in progress.
Added BLO and dressed up the tip.
-Don

 

[Ayrhead]

This is the first one I’ve ever seen like this. The ends are interchangeable from a slot screwdriver to the three different robertson screwdriver sizes. Era 1930-1940.
P.L. Robertson Mfg Co. limited, Milton, Ontario.
Taken from the side of the screwdriver stamping…

 

[Private Lugnutz]

This is the first one I’ve ever seen like this. The ends are interchangeable from a slot screwdriver to the three different robertson screwdriver sizes.

That is a cool find!

I'm generally familiar with Robertson, of course, his 1910 cruciform screw design, and the whole Fisher/Ford fiasco story, with respect to switching to Phillips etc, and Robertson cruciform type screws and drivers still being very popular in Canada, but I wasn't aware he had a mfg company in his name in Milton, Ontario, or this later patent.

This is what 4.c has in the A-Z Mfgrs List...

Robertson / Robertson Inc., 1185 Corporate Drive, Unit 1, Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7L 5V5 / https://www.robertsonscrew.com/ / "Robertson" "Scrulox" screw / patent CA 116463 Feb 2 1909 Paul Lynburner Robertson /

 

[four.cycle]

^ first time I've seen that one.... wonder if it's already listed at datamp.org ?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

^ Not under his name. I checked.

(You saw that you don't have this company name or address in your list, right?)

 

[Ayrhead]

^ Not under his name. I checked.

(You saw that you don't have this company name or address in your list, right?)

I guess I’ll make some changes then.

 

[four.cycle]

(You saw that you don't have this company name or address in your list, right?)

Yes. fixed it for now, but.... where is the patent?
I'm going to shoot this in to Jeff - odds are Robertson also applied for (or was granted) a Canadian patent as well (if that "1930" date refers to a U.S. patent.)

Really curious as to exactly what they are calling it on the patent document.

for now:

Robertson / P.L. Robertson Mfg. Co. Ltd., 97 Bronte St., Milton, Ontario, Canada / "Combination Socket and Slot Screwdriver" / patent 1930 /

found this tidbit in the rabbit hole:
" Although a square-socket drive had been conceived decades before (having been patented in 1875 by one Allan Cummings of New York City, U.S. Patent 161,390), it had never been developed into a commercial success because the design was difficult to manufacture."
from: https://vinty.ca/brand/robertson/?srsltid=AfmBOor-XOssxwceweoz42w8i_h9UiSu2z-ZfVheJXachZqKQ6VlY-ui <-- there are several examples of Robertson screwdrivers shown here, but none of the images are offering much information other than there having been a Candian patent issued in 1933.

US Patent: 161,390 - Improvement in wood-screws

US patent 161,390 Improvement in wood-screws was issued to Allan Cummings of New York, NY. It was granted on 03/30/1875. This patent anticipates the Robertson screw (patent {}) but 30 years. However, inventor Cummings did not describe a method to form the recess in the s

datamp.org

Jeff has obviously already visited this rabbit hole.

 

[Ayrhead]

Yes. fixed it for now, but.... where is the patent?
I'm going to shoot this in to Jeff - odds are Robertson also applied for (or was granted) a Canadian patent as well (if that "1930" date refers to a U.S. patent.)

Really curious as to exactly what they are calling it on the patent document.

for now:

Robertson / P.L. Robertson Mfg. Co. Ltd., Milton, Ontario, Canada / "Combination Socket and Slot Screwdriver" / patent 1930 /

Hey, I’m the rookie here… I didn’t realize that I’m supposed to know how to do everything. Heck, I was lucky enough to stumble onto and acquire this tool… but I’m still learning.

 

[four.cycle]

Hey, I’m the rookie here… I didn’t realize that I’m supposed to know how to do everything. Heck, I was lucky enough to stumble onto and acquire this tool… but I’m still learning.

You're fine.
I was actually addressing @Private Lugnutz, and hoping that @RTM might see this. Since posting that, I've read through at least a dozen sites, but none of them make any mention of any patents other than the 1909 and 1910 patents on the screw itself.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I guess I’ll make some changes then.

I was addressing @four.cycle. Nothing for you to do except relish your find! You have a tool that was made by a company with a name, address, and apparently a patent that was previously unknown and unrecorded, at least within our modest domain space here.

 

[four.cycle]

^ I shot all that up to Jeff last night. Hopefully he can figure out patent date/number on the 1930 and 1933 patents.

photos lifted from one of the sites I was reading last night:

 

[d42jeep]

Here is a North Bros/Stanley screwdriver that I found on Friday and cleaned up yesterday. The handle is in surprisingly good condition.
-Don

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

I did a quick search of this thread and didn't find any Master CR - Likely Master Craft screwdrivers by Wilde of KC MO. This one's stampings are very light but with a little black tint and some magnification show ok. Checking Wilde on AA shows several pairs of pliers and mentions they made tools for Wards, Sears, and a few other large retailers. A couple pics. Ed.

 

[Fred Knox]

I can’t figure this one out. A couple months ago, I picked up this wood handled 10 1/2" slotted screwdriver with holding sleeve (only marking is a “PAT PENDING”). The wood handle is five-sided and has a comfortable grip pattern (see photos). I have tried Google Lens and AI, but have not figured out the patent or patent-holder. Any ideas?

 

[RTM]

I picked up this wood handled 10 1/2" slotted screwdriver with holding sleeve (only marking is a “PAT PENDING

Might try posting it here.

Screw starters...

First up: 262 - SUREGRIP; BRIDGEPORT U.S.A. This is the only Philips screw starter I have...

www.garagejournal.com

 

[NitroExpress]

I can’t claim to be a wood handle screwdriver collector, but I am a long time fan of Winchesters other products. I thought this was cool.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I am a long time fan of Winchesters other products. I thought this was cool.

Nice one! And you're in good company here, Nitro. There are a few other screwdrivers on this thread as well as on the Winchester thread, along with other types of tools, and several admirers, including mine, although I have recently sold my collection.

 

[Steven 33]

Finally got a chance to go through some of my wood handle screwdrivers that have been piling up. Mainly just to get rid of all the Mac ones. Which have a surprising amount of variance in the markings. Found some cool ones in the mix too plus these Apex clutch and ones

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Found some cool ones in the mix

Nice WORTH* (PEXTO). I have a few Prince & Prince, but they are not too common in the wild in my experience. Does it have all the use cases marked around the handle on the flats? I'd like to see entire tool photos of the Hibbard's True Value and the (B)M(Co)(Braunsdorf Mueller).