Recent content by twertsy

This vise belongs to a Medal of Honor recipient.

For those interested, I posted a bunch of Vacuum Grips on the auction site. @vintageratchets

Wish I still had my site info…….I think I recall them starting in the 20’s.

$100 - Make an offer (include shipping from VA). Selling for a friend.

You do know Johnson and Siedeman (sp), the founders of SO, worked for Blackhawk before founding SO right?

Well did you expect a “blacksmith” to do actual knurling? 🤭

That sir is a beautiful box.

Just a quick perusal of the DB shows virtually all codes had ratchets, sockets, punches/chisels, wrenches, etc. Very unlikely IMO. The factory theory would also indicate Paschall had 3 factories that ALL also made ratchets, sockets, extensions, speed wrenches, punches, screwdriver bits, hinge...

I think my point was that there is absolutely no chance that all those factories had exactly the same dies, there absolutely had to be some variations. Further, I would assume their manner of production would have been some sort of distributed "tool type" methodology. 1 or 2 made wrenches, one...

Now you almost have me interested in studying differences/similarities in dies/castings using the same codes.............

Cursory read through this thread seems to indicate the "odd," high first letter codes seem to be all 1/4" drive tools?

Posted some rare ratchets in the classifieds before posting on eBay. I’d rather see them go here! Only one I know of S-K 42470 (Unknown mechanism, not on patent) Vlchek WSSR 10 Crafty Patent Pending Franky Some Blackhawk specialty rats Some beaver tails

All, clearing out some stuff. Make offers before they go to eBay. Very early MAC combo partial set, Truth tappet set, and some rare ratchets. Western Giant and the unmarked beaver tail are no longer available.

"AA is wrong"................................LoL

Dude, we need to see that bench, with FSS or not!!!!!!