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In the seemingly never-ending cleanout of my parents house I came across this little guy last weekend. A Hercules 3012 that I thought was too short to be a 41-S-1063 until I saw the USAAF scribed into the end. The blade is a little over 1-3/8". Bill

Excellent point, @3baygarage. Do you know what era the other brands had those panels? (AA posits NB in the early mid 40s and the NB 1940 catalog would seem to agree.) Wright's focus on drive-tools-only started about the time of WWII and they didn't expand to a full line of tools again until...

Some additional evidence that Herbrand made wrenches for Wright. This 5/8 x 11/16 short DBE with the distinctive raised panel arrived yesterday and matches what's in Herbrand's 1939 catalog nicely. Bill

Probably is (w)right. I think your P60 is from prior to WWII. They are in the 1939 catalog. Bill

I found it in both the 1989 and 1977 catalogs that I have. 1989 1977

As part of the long ongoing process of cleaning out my parents house I (re)discovered this Ohio Tool #27 Jointer Plane. I remember it from my childhood but I don't remember anyone ever using it. Found it in an 1890 catalog on the ITCL. Probably just clean it up and stick it on my mantel. ;)...

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I forgot to check the weather. Did it work out for you? Saw you went to Hamilton, too. It's a dangerous place for my wallet. ;)

Found this unmarked turnscrew when I was cleaning out my dad's garage recently. Bill

Fraternal twins.

Hadn't been to the Rogers (Ohio) Flea Market in ages. Went there last Friday with my daughter. Got only these two items for $10 but it was a nice day and the company was grand! Bill

I finally had enough of the "stinkdriver" smell emanating from the Oxwall flat bladed screwdriver hanging on the pegboard in my garage. I chiseled and drove the handle off of the blade and turned a wooden replacement from a piece of black cherry that had been lying in my yard. The ferrule is a...

I doubt it. I'm not one for modifying tools in that way unless I'm desperate. I have the obligatory bucket of sacrificial tools to go to first.

I was recently working on something with metric hardware where only a thin DOE would have worked. I didn't have anything on hand and didn't see anything new that I liked with the satin finish I prefer. I turned it into a game and have been picking up German-made DOEs to make a set. For $10...

This l'il fella' arrived in the mail today. Clipping of the No. 74 ignition pliers is from the 1939 catalog. Bill

I was surprised to see that there wasn't already one of these universal slip-joint 7 inch combination pliers on this thread. Here's one I picked up from an estate sale yesterday. Bill

Was sipping my morning coffee lamenting the lack of sales and saw one pop up on CL locally. Turned out to be an abandoned house with no electricity and obviously once inhabited by a machinist at one point. I got there several hours after the start time and it had already been picked pretty...

Answering some of my own questions... we know from visual evidence on Alloy Artifacts that Wright started their renumbering scheme (at least for their drive tools) in 1959 and the box containing the "60" marked tools is of the two-tone black/silver variety. The 1957 catalog shows the older...

They cleaned up pretty nicely. Ever use bluing to help preserve them and hide the pitting?

Sure do. Just scroll in this thread and you'll se examples. OTG had this set in a green box in post 327 and genog had an example of a red box in post box in post 466. There are others. The green, if I had to guess, runs from post WWII until the early 1960s when Wright went to their new...