Thanks for all the info guys. I am going to keep the set and use most of it. The ratchet will probably just be stored away, but the sockets and extensions will be cleaned up and put into rotation with the hundreds of other sockets I have.
Technically there are only 8 sockets in this "set" one of them was a 1/2" =V= series socket that didnt seem to belong with the rest, along with the 1/2 BE series that was in there. The sizes do run from 7/16 to 7/8 in order by 16ths. Well at least I know where it stands now, thank you for the...
No, nothing on the box, just plain blue paint (most likely lead based given the timeline). Like I said, I believe it to be hand made. My uncle came from a long line of woodworkers, so it would have been easy for his father to make something like that with a spade bit and chisels.
Hi everyone. First time posting here. Stumbled across this site while trying to research this socket set I recently inherited from my Uncle when he passed. It's a BE series, 1/2" drive and appears to be complete. I really dont know much about it other than we found it in his garage. It may...