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The Peter-Fay Company may have produced one more socket! I went to a garage sale this morning and found this “PATENT APPLIED FOR” marked nut driver, with a 3/16” flat head socket. It has the same checkered diamond knurling as noted on Lugz’s sockets upthread.

As I mentioned in the GS thread, I stumbled on a SK Wayne tool box with a Crescent 1/2" and 3/4"-drive socket set, It was a smorgasbord that also included other 1/2" and 3/4"-drive Vlchek sockets, SK extensions, etc. but I thought I’d post the Crescent set here. They are all marked...

I found this late 1930s Western Auto ChromeXQuality socket this weekend - 1 1/16" Socket; 3/4"-drive; 12-point. The drive end of this socket has very sharp edges. I understand the ChromeXQuality brand was used from 1936 - 1939, prior to the company switching to their Wizard brand.

I love the early Father’s Day responses! Thanks guys. Mine must be the No. 1 model.

Here’s an early The Bay State ratchet (PAT APLD FOR). It’s 6” long with a 1/2”-drive on one end and a 3/8”-drive on the other. Upthread, @four.cycle showed a Bay State Tool Co. 1909 advertisement, but it’s a different ratchet design. It still works well.

An older friend needed some help on a number of projects over the last 6-9 months. Out of nowhere, he gave me this 1930s Williams Standard Socket Set S-320 Toolbox and contents. He knew I collected old tools, but I had no idea he even had anything like this. It is complete with the...

Here is a recent find: Code AB, 14" 1/4"-drive extension, No. 4763, chrome plating.

Yesterday, I picked up a few tools (cleaned up now) with the best being the Indestro Super Quality Chrome Vanadium Steel metal socket set box with a pretty nice original decal. The lady said to fill it up for $2, so I did: Blackhawk #40136, Snap-on SW-280, Indestro #1232 D-1, Williams ST-832...

Bottom four are the Carll Wrench (also A.B.C. wrench) with a patent date of May 6, 1913. The top one is unmarked, but very similar (any ideas?).

I just pulled these out and cleaned them off. Bottom three are the Robert patent wrench (later manufactured by the Hoe Corporation) patented Feb. 21 1922. The top two are Lake Superior wrenches, which are very similar, but without the spring. Sizes: 8”, 9”, 10”, 14” and 16”.

I had to pick out of state before finding my first Truth tools, all 1/2”-drive 12-points.

With a little help from @d42jeep, I completed this SW 3/8” & 1/4”-drive Lawnmovers and Motorboats 21-piece set.

I picked up a relatively hard-to-find H.D. Smith No. 646 offset slip joint pliers in pretty good condition. I think @RagTopTA also has a pair.

Here are a few Oddfellows that are a little fun to play with, let alone collect. 1) Antique Baxter patent double end adjustable wrench (drawing in Russell & Irwin's American Hardware Catalog of 1865) 2) Steelcraft adjustable wrench 3) JA Henckels Solingen quick adjustable wrench (marked "T 943"...

I picked up a Will B. Lane 1/2"-hex drive "Unique" ratchet (patented January 14, 1908) recently. I had been looking for one for a while to match up against one of its contemporaries, the K&S ratchet (Ratchet Collection thread), for comparison's sake. Kolb and Sedgley (K & S) filed for a...

This past weekend, I stumbled upon a couple Milwaukee Tool & Forge Co. (MTF) sockets in a toolbox of Crescent and Vlchek ½” and ¾”-drive socket sets that I picked up (2024 Garage Sale thread): 1 7/16" Socket; 3/4"-drive; 6-point (MS-46 worn off) 1 1/8" Socket; 3/4"-drive; 6-point (stamped...

Wife/dinner/other responsibilities are calling, but I had to take a few quick photos of today's haul. I have not had time to unpack the toolbox yet (the price was too good that I did not have to), but it is a SK Wayne box with what looks like Crescent 1/2" and 3/4"-drive socket set, 1/2" and...

Well we know the ****-o-Meter always tells the truth, so…I humbly accept thee compliment! The Gods did bestow some good fortune on me. When I return home, I’ll post some to the Oddfellows thread.

Good weather allowed a little shopping this weekend: 1) Antique Will B. Lane 1/2"-hex drive "Unique" ratchet (patented January 14, 1908) 2) Champion DeArment No. 307 battery terminal pliers 3) H.D. Smith & Co. offset jaw slip joint pliers (PAT June 9th, 1914, Feb. 20th 1917) 4) Plomb WF-8...

I’ve got it as a Moore & Wright out of Sheffield, England.