1933 Sears Midget 9/32" Drive Set

[LNKMK8]

A friend that goes to a lot of estate sales found this nice little Craftsman set and sold it to me for not very much. I wasn't quite sure of the age, and was a little confused by the individual numbers on each socket as I didn't think that came until much later, but the logo on the box was certainly early on.

I did some research and it turns out this is an original C-Series made for Sears by Snap-on in 1933 or so! I cleaned it up very little... its excellent shape with all the original pieces, showing just light wear. Still has the original brown paper under the sockets. I thought it was pretty cool and would share with you guys.

More info: http://alloy-artifacts.org/craftsman-early-tools-p3.html

 

[Snaparxon]

Great find.

 

[d42jeep]

Those are really nice! Congratulations.
-Don

 

[RubiconJK]

Very nice. Hard to come by.

 

[thehorse13]

Every estate sale that I go to has used clothing and broken plastic toys. I need to hang out with your friend.

Excellent find.

 

[bonneyman]

Sorry, but suckage can't be allocated without knowing the purchase price!

Looks great!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I've only ever seen them in the wild in onesy-twosies. Terrific find.

 

[LNKMK8]

Sorry, but suckage can't be allocated without knowing the purchase price!

Looks great!

I paid him $15... I'm guessing he paid $5 for them.

 

[bluebolt]

Well for $15 you ****!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

That is in very nice shape

 

[DadsTools]

Nice. I've only encountered 9/32 drive pieces in Snap-on, and a lone 1/4 to 9/32 adapter from Thorsen.