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Thanks again Dave. I'm surprised old Wright wrenches are hard to find in Ohio, but I can relate- they're uncommon here as well. I've seen a few rusty combos with the small font like yours but don't own any. I think I might have a couple small DOEs in one of the piles of unsorted treasure...

Thanks Dave, that's good info. The open end is chunky and odd-looking, but doesn't match any of my random stuff or others' pics, or look familiar for the era... but I don't have anything else from Wright to compare it to.

There was less time and man (lady) power spent on finishing steps, and limitations on steel alloy elements (chromium, vanadium, molybdenum, etc.) and finish (chrome, nickel, copper) elements, so I don't think the war era tools represent the best of what the contracting manufacturers could offer...

The Vintage Tools forum here has a ton of info on Plomb war finish (WF) tools if you can make a search option work for you. war finish, or wf site:garagejournal in google will probably be less frustrating than using vBulletin search. Eta, WF also can refer to Wright Field, which is a...

I prefer satin on everything when I can find it. Cap stop (Gearwrench I think? Fedwrench would know, he hates those things) or ring stop might not bug me on an offset reversible wrench, especially if it helps keep a free set of pass- through sockets from sliding around... I've used ordinary...

I've been idly collecting 8-pt sockets for just this potential problem, but don't own anything with square bolt heads or nuts... sounds like a good opportunity to buy an good SAE spline set, or poke around in pawn and junk shops if there's no big rush and you know what sizes you need (and...

The comments on the Bonney thread a few weeks ago about beveled box ends and Barcalo scoops had me wondering about this 7/16" Wright combo I picked up a while back. Both sides are marked the same, it has a D forged in (1964 date code?), and the box end is similar but not identical to the...

I didn't realize I needed satin ratcheting wrenches until just now... :bounce: Thanks for the info fellas.

I read 4xdog's comment as relating to Evaporust, not a general statement. How many acids don't remove rust?

First thoughts are fine- tooth ratchets and ratcheting wrenches, also locking flex ratchets. I don't own any, guessing pinless swivel impacts are also an improvement. Not sure of any specific process improvements on basic tools. edit- I think there's a fair amount of blind spot behind the...

I thought that too, but after looking at how Thorsen and Proto stamped the same abbreviations at AA I'd guess Proto also... I tthought the part number was weird, too (specifically, long for being all numerical and sorta old), but didn't come up with anything. (eta, Kensico sure did, nice work!)

Right, of course, my question was a bit of thread drift about the diameter of the hole bored through the socket. I'm keeping my old full broach Craftsman deeps- they're the type that would work for your issue. I realized today I've got a shallow broach set of Gearwrench deeps squirreled...

Sorry to hear. I don't recall ever being impressed with the pliers (all the old ones I still have, have smooshed up teeth), but there's a reasonable chance I was using them in a ******* fashion. Yes, agreed, sad but true.

:thumbup: Western Forge is dead. Long live Western Forge.

Good point Fed, I was thinking of their wrenches and sockets on the US side, and the line generally. I don't have any idea when they last made ratchets in the US, but I bet I was in grade school. Their Taiwanese ratchets seem stylish and pretty uncommon (not rebranded by 9 other companies at...

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Thanks for the followup Ton ton, that's good info. Does it have a little W and F in raised letters on the back side by the hanging hole?

Yep. The same farmers who had the deep sockets drilled into me to start nuts and bolts by hand to prevent crossthreading, and I haven't ever needed use a shallow deep socket myself. I'm not a mechanic or in the trades, just a guy who does basic stuff, so I can stick with that advice (thus far...

Holy cow! Did they sponsor a VFW lodge or something? Any backstory on that hat? It's sweet!

Good to know! I haven't been in a Sears since the one in Shoreline closed (not that far from where I live, next town up the I5 corridor, old enough to have Sears- branded urinals in the bathroom by the tool section). There might still be open Sears stores in the malls north and south of town...