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The way it works is the end of the wrench has a pin between the U shaped piece that fits into the hook on the end of the socket.At the bottom of the U shape there is a spring loaded detent ball that fits into the small depressions in the hook(see picture). This allows the socket to sit at either...

I have a couple of those boxes(one with the swing out trays and the other with a lift out tray) and would warn you not to overload the uppermost trays as the hinges are very prone to bending.The one I got had been overloaded and straightening the hinges was difficult so as to ensure smooth...

I don't know if I would consider any tool as a,"holy grail" piece as I got into accumulating old tools in search of old tool boxes.Wound up having to buy some with tools still attached. Then the addiction to the tools inside began.....but I can quit.....any time.....if I have to.... Of all the...

Good catch;I hadn't thought of that.

Looks like a set of poultry shears.Most of them have curved blades but it is possible they made them with straight blades.Here is a pic of a bunch of different ones, The Boker set is the second from the right.

Don't believe I have any Boker tools but I do have several knives. I mainly collect older knives and my latest is dated(according to a chart I checked)no later than 1920.It has an added feature in that attached to it is an old style chain with a loop end to snap over a button on your bib...

I haven't gotten into that yet but I did look up the model no. of the tool and they are still for sale;albeit a slightly newer model(507BF). They range in price from about $89 to about $115 so I guess I got a good deal.The only difference I can see is that parts of the newer model are coated...

Good information to know;thank you!

Definitely not 45 degree.

Picked these up today at my friendly antique store.Last summer I found myself in need of a flaring tool and the one I normally use had the most important part MIA so I had to borrow one. Today I found a really nice and unusual(to me anyway) one. Made by the Imperial Brass Co of Chicago...

Not sure if this qualifies as a vintage tool but it sure is unusual. I bought it today at a yard sale for a dollar. The ultimate lazy man's wrench.Push the rocker switch located on the top of the handle and the electric motor(powered by 2 AAA batteries located in the handle)zips the jaw open and...

Here is my Dunlap machinists' tool box I picked up several years ago. I use it to store some of my pocket knife collection.

Do the oblong drive sockets have a setscrew in the side? I have one Walden Worcester socket that has such a screw.

Still at it but no luck yet. If you think that slide is bade the left one on the drawer that is out is bent like a pretzel! Hoping I can get it out but straightening that one is not viable. When I get frustrated I'll put it away and move on to something else. Not in any hurry and I'm only into...

Here are pics of the box and the slide.

Thanks for the info.I looked at the videos of the tool but the slides in the box I have don't have that kind of a stop. It looks like a small piece of bent up spring steel riveted to the slide. I'll try and post a pic of it. This is a pretty old box I think.

Just bought a 2 drawer Snap-On tool box and can't remove the drawers. Well actually just one drawer. The other one was removed forcibly;mangling the slide on one side. I can see that there is a spring that lays against a detent but cannot depress the spring.It is on the back of the slide and has...

I have a couple of Colonial hunters that match the jigging pattern on the handles;I just haven't put them together. Colonial and Imperial were two entirely different companies both based in Providence Rhode Island. There was also the Providence Cutlery Co. owned by another family. Colonial was...

I have several old hatchets in the shop buried in an old tool box.Not sure what brand they are but I guess I'll dig them out and see. My only other ones I have acquired while pursuing my addiction of collecting(accumulating)knives. If no one minds I will post those. First one is a Case Tested **...

There were many companies that made the 4 blade utility knife for the government. The production of stainless steel scaled knives was started at the close of WWII.among the companies that made them were Colonial;Imperial;Kingston;Camillus;Schrade;and Ulster. I probably missed a few but those...