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Yes I saw that as well it looks pretty solid so either sloppy machinery in grinding down the edge or just japaning eroded earlier than yours and joint will show up over time. It appears this part of the process was too time intensive as when the stubby came out the front screw secures the back...

Found 1889 registry still shows Edwin E Johnson as machinist, (not at church st) and now show 1886 ratchet in advert. So between 1881 and 1886 are the Edwin E or EE Johnson years. I have a EE-8 stubby ratchet (Lowell No. 1) I’m betting it has 1864 guts as well. I believe the Lowell EE stubbles...

Had to use 1. PB blaster. 2. Tap on screwdriver. and finally 3. Apply heat to finally free that head screw. Success. Cleaning it with evaporust. Will show pics soon. Spoiler alert - identical to Lowell 1864 guts.

Just wish we could get some history on the EE stubby as well. The Worcester registry of citizens helps a lot the Coes Bros are in their as well. It was one hell of a “ Tool Town”.

2012 Stubby article here on GJ https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/unique-stubby-ratchet-id.143603/#post-2204109

That was the gist of it, but why is he putting manf’r on it vs Lowell wrench. Maybe they said you can keep making the old ones and sell them as pay. Interestingly. A new Lowell stubby ratchet comes out of the factory with EE -1 and I’ve seen an EE-8 both with the original 1864 guts. I wonder if...

Ok I did some research. EE Johnson shows up in the registry of citizens for Worcester, Ma. In 1882/1885 (not in 1880) his address 19 Church St. Lowell 1864 ratchet patent expired 1881. Their second patent 1886 was very notable with pawl selector at end of handle to keep fingers away from where...

Hey Ben have you ever seen or heard of EE Johnson Manf’r look like your third ratchet.

631 Ratchet

Mossberg 630 wrench and 631 ratchet Necessities for Ford

I think a lot of forgers sub contracted. Way more than we want to admit. I wish more would have put their forge mark regardless (Williams did a good job of this - others did not) so it’s hard to compartmentalize who made what. I think I’ve provided hard (tool) proof that the circle H and HUSKY...

New Britain should have acquired Moore, but their pattern of operation was to sub contract and then acquire when subcontractor could not meet contract commitments or goes thru bankrupt.

No I don’t - just the design of the vertical selector is a VLCHECK design and the handle looks like the early new Husky factory female ratchet thick handle designs. So from a “speculative” viewpoint that ratchet was a vlchek design made in a New Britain owned Husky factory. There was a level of...

The micro ball bearing selector definitely shows that the 1940 & on ratchets were derived off the Costello patent. If you look at the pictures all that was changed to go from the “franky” bolt version was remove the bolt and drop the sides for the thumb. I do believe they kept Pat. Pend. To keep...

I feel Alloy Artifacts should present the Storms Drop Forge trademark with as thousands of their ratchets were produced and used during this World War 2 industrial period with the Serifs S vs the loopy Japanese S

It was a Japanese Trademark.

Ok here is my “reasoning” on what happened. Sears wanted a “dedicated” Craftsman only tool company. No one would step up to the plate. They didn’t want the same tool with someone else’s name on it. So they started evaluating forges. Moore acquired the Page-Storms Drop Forge Company (founded in...

So now let look at this iconic ratchet that made Craftsman famous. I have 8 ratchets 1. Craftsman Circle H - missing MADE IN USA 2. Craftsman Circle H 3. Husky H4725 4. Craftsman BE 5. None Better S40 6. New Britain NS40 7. Husky H4725 with second gen. thumb selector. 8. New Britain NS40 third...

1940 thru 1947 New Britain held the Sears contract for ratchets and sockets. The forges(yes there were several) drop forged this rugged ratchet which earned Craftsman its reputation. The sliding bolt was removed and the micro ball bearing switch was produced and the handle was modified for a...

So here are 4 modifications of original Costello patent. I suspect 1939 models as advertising ads can not be relied on during this time frame. 1. No Manufactuers mark (Still PAT. PEND.) Flat head screws/wide sliding bolt/wide opening on bottom front plate / & back plate. 2. Craftsman...