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Found this little gem in a tackle box at my parents' house yesterday. It's a 1940 dated P12 3/8" x 7/16". Bill

My daughter wanted to harvest some peonies from my parents' home before we put it on the market. (These flowers have been split for at least three generations and my daughter wants to keep it going.) So, we drove together the three hours so she could spend a couple hours digging them up...

Another interesting observation that also acts as a warning against absolutes… this socket I received from @d42jeep has a “63” date code. This is after Wright supposedly had gone to an alphabetic scheme in 1961 (“A”). Bill

I picked this up on FBM today. Only the ratchet is dated (1964) but the 10 point sockets and two-tone box are consistent with that timeframe. It got me wondering about one thing, though. Can we determine when Wright changed colors on their socket boxes? I think they went from green to the...

Another Wright FBM pickup. None of the sockets in this partial set have any date codes but they seem consistent withe the 1964 dated (“D”) ratchet. Bill

Nice find and I approve of your supervisor.

I was doomscrolling on FBM and I saw this lot of 3/8” and 1/2” Wright listed locally for $10. No brainer. Bill

FWIW, I found this site that seems to be all about Wiss. Their Heinisch page says that they continued to operate the two companies separately "for more than a decade". A (admittedly cursory) examination of Wiss catalogs on the ITCL from that era didn't reveal any Heinisch mentions in Wiss...

Any idea how long Wiss made them under that name?

I was doing some more cleanout at my parents yesterday and found these sitting on the floor in the basement amongst some other rusty old tools. I just pulled them out of the homemade derusting mix to see what I had found. Minus the rust, paint splatter, etc. I could finally see some...

A couple of nice pieces I acquired recently. When paired with the other "40" dated stubby in post 322, I have - according to @Private Lugnutz - almost reached the point of a "collection". Just one more to go! The undated 3/8" drive MN40 is super clean. It must have gotten lost in time...

I've mentioned before how I try to find ways to get my rusty treasures out where I can enjoy them. Tonight turned into arts and crafts with MrBill when I tripped over this scrap of birch plywood. Found the Williams logo online and printed it out on a piece of 8.5" x 11" paper to fit the scrap...

That's why I thought it might be WWII production. I can imagine that Williams or the government would have wanted some sort of "preservative". I don't remember if there were any Williams wrenches from back in your Workdawg days that might give a clue. Bill

Thanks, G. I've seen that passage before but I always equated "unfinished" with just plain steel.

I picked these up locally yesterday. Stamping on the face would indicate pre-1947. I don't have many early SOEs and am used to seeing the faces polished on carbon wrenches that still have some coating (japanning/enameled). Anybody have any insight as to whether coating the entire wrench was...

This 1939 (-9) marked X68 7/16-20 stud remover arrived in the mail today. Bill

One of the few I've seen with a "40" date code.

Drilled it out with a long 1/4" spade bit and then filed with a round file/rasp.

It's been cold... and snowy... and not much fun to be outside. I decided to try an experiment to see if it was possible to turn a new handle for the Atlas 14" wrench on my drill press. For the cost of a 1/4" bolt, a tee nut, and a couple of nuts I was able to accomplish the following: Started...

As mentioned on the 2026 Garage Sale Thread, I found this in a tote in my dad's garage. It's a 14" pipe wrench stamped: Atlas Tool Co NY Warranted Drop Forged Stillson Pattern Bill