Recent content by GDO

Well the Tech' Dept. at Trimite have come up trumps... "Technical have advised that we are unable to help you and that it would be easier and quicker to get this matched at B&Q." Moving on...

Thanks Dave455. Plenty have the Broad Arrow with date stamp. The oldest so far is 1951 on an EB609. And the Swivel Handle (E79) has "WAR FINISH" stamped on it. Others are from the 70s. Now that the case is clean I need to address the painting. Again thank Dave455. "Trimite", well there's a...

The "Sharon", (aka Swivel Handle, Breaker Bar)... E79 or 3079 has a cracked end, won't be monkeying on that any more!

Well, I've got the case all de-rusted and cleaned up. I've also been through all the sockets and 'tools' and far less are Britool than I first thought. Here are some pics: case, tool list insert and most of the Britools.

Thanks for the welcome Bob. I was that first page that helped me know what this set was (originally at least). Been reviewing the kit a bit more since first post and there is less original than I thought. Some of it being 'service issue' with the 'Broad Arrow' stamp. I guessing as dad was an...

Hi there. New member her. I'm 'restoring' my dad's old socket set. Doing a bit of interweb research and came across this thread. Looking around I now think this set is a Britool socket set 100A. But I can only find (on here) this set in a red box and dad's is a grey/blue, at least on the...