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Brand new NOS Elora 3/8 mm socket set from 1979. I will keep it on display, I already have an ex-Bundeswehr Elora set from the same era that I use daily.

Here, T-Rex our German Shepherd and Lilou, our Bengal cat can't stand each other! They had to be separated in the house from the start because Lilou was very aggressive towards the T-Rex when he was a puppy. So sad!

I need the same outfit ! T-Rex has to wear that to run the Mardi Gras! :ROFLMAO:

T-Rex will come to the nursing home for therapy on Friday as usual but I won't dress him because he doesn't like it!

I forgot to say that the military sets are partly in metric, partly in AF and that the only Dowidat double wrench has both markings: 14 on one side and 9/16 on the other... 🤦‍♀️ It's the army, what the hell does a gap of 0.275 mm mean!

New additions to my collection of 3/8 ratchets and ratchet sets. As I've said elsewhere, I like having the tools of my youth alongside my modern tools so when I had to go from 1/2 to 3/8 due to a broken scaphoid in my right hand , I looked for tools from the 60s to 90s. . Here are two ex...

Sorry, it was too tempting... Leroy Troy, Five pounds of possum.

I own the exact same Brüder Mannesmann red trolley and topcase that Monte showed in his post above. For the workshop in our new house I have seen some Gedore Bundeswehr workbenches and cabinets for machining tools and will buy one of the new Elora rolling workbenches for metric tools and will...

This is exactly the job I use them for!

I must confess, I've never been a 3/8 ratchet man so far. I had lot of them in the past, mostly Snap-On and some Belzer and Hazet plus the local Lauravia and SAM as I was able to buy the remaining tools after the aero company Minerve collapsed. I sold quite a lot of them but the rest was stollen...

My two Facom ratchets, a SL 161 in 1/2 and the NOS J.151B 3/8 made in Italy I recieved today alongside a 18.1 1" crowfoot with 3/8 drive.

Another Lauravia ratchet, in 3/8 this time while those in the photos above were all in 1/2. This one is more recent, the steel is much better and it bears the following inscriptions: Armée 41 H 1504 560. I think it dates from the time of the takeover of Lauravia by SAM in the mid 60'S which...

Some more ratchets. This Lauravia and the Eternum were made after 1946 and before 1952 for civilian use. Let me explain: until the end of 1946, all French production of tools was carried out either for the French army, for the American forces, or for large public companies such as EDF...

T-Rex our long-haired German Shepherd who will be two years old next week. He is the sweetest dog in his job as a comfort dog at the retirement home or in the pediatric department of the hospital but he is a real beast if someone tries to go through the gate of the house! T-Rex in his...

Yes, Leroy Merlin offers Facom tools but the majority of them are entry-level and manufactured outside the EU. And, if you want a tool that is not in their usual range, they will send you to an industrial distributor. On the other hand, they sell tons of Chinese junk...

The problem is that to find French-made tools in France, you have to contact industrial tool suppliers and not traditional sellers like Leroy-Merlin, Castorama or Brico-Dépôt and, even there, the most tools are imported except those from BOST (pliers), SAM and part of the FACOM range... Apart...

This gem was for sale today as it is, full of tools (only €500 a little less than $550) but SWMBO said "NO" because it had to be picked up 850 miles from home. And sure enough, it sold out within minutes before I could arrange with a shipping company to collect it for me! Bring some tissues...

Another of my Eternum S151 1/2 ratchets (circa 1975 before the last round head one beside) and a rather unusual "PEUGEOT FRERES" in 1/2 probably manufactured by Facom on request because it is strictly identical to the Facom model still used for heavy work!

This is not my oldest but a war period or simply post war American style ratchet found in France although the writing "Army 41" may put us on the wrong track. Very rough finish, and certainly not US for me. It also looks a lot like the post-war Lauravia and SAM, but it's really too rudimentary...

My GEDORE 3/8 metric socket set from the late 60s/early 70s with its "American Line" style ratchet. Interestingly and quite cleverly, GEDORE decided that sockets up to 10mm had to be 6-pointed while larger ones could get by with 12-pointed. The set is in very good condition and some sockets have...