I haven't checked in in awhile. Been busy with a very large lot of vintage military surplus tools. Cleaning, sorting, inventorying. Over 400 items! I'll have to start a couple threads on some of the more interesting tools.
I did get out to the Early Bird this morning...
Also got a USGI Coal Bag (not shown above).
The hinge handles are both 3/8-ich square drive. A pebbled Plomb 5265 that has been ground down on only two sides for some reason (it won’t fit a 1/4-inch square drive so I’m not sure what they thought they were trying to accomplish), and a Williams B-40.
The file handles are DISSTON.
The 12-inch adjustable crescent wrench is a Snap-On/Blue-Point that looks as if it was made by Diamond Calk.
The flaring tool is a =CRAFTSMAN= No. 553 CU. I suspect 1950’s. Having a buddy look it up in a catalog.
Staying with CRAFTSMAN, I was happy to see a wartime “CI” 1033C.
The adjustable wrenches with the black enamel finish are 6-inch and 8-inch Heller Masterrenches. There are two types in the 1939 catalog, toothed jaws like these (for pipes) and smooth jaws (for nuts and bolts). Note the 5/8-inch square opening in the end of the handle. Not sure if there was any wartime application for these, but given the name, the brand, and the logo, I had to have them.
The clamp lathe dog is a Williams Vulcan No. 61. It’s a spittin’ image for the figure in the 1943 Williams catalog.
I normally don’t collect primitives, but the adjustable alligator wrench is a Kraeuter “THE VICTOR”. One jaw is toothed, the other smooth. Interesting tool.
The short reversible ratchet is a Lowell No. 11. I don’t think it’s missing the male drive plug. I think it’s female 5/8-inch square drive.
The machinists’ parallel clamps are L.S. Starrett No. 161-D with 4” jaws and 2-3/4 inch opening capacity.
The familiar pattern “IMPROVED WALCO PIPE WRENCH” is an 8-incher of post-war vintage (1949), but I couldn’t resist the NOS string and tag (…
jaw and nut zinc plated…).
The big tube bender is a Parker No. 8 (O.D. 1/2”). Without intent, I am slowly gathering a set. I found a Parker No. 4 (O.D. 1/4”) and a No. 6 (O.D. 3/8”) last week. Two different retirees selling off their stuff. I am sure that all three of these were put to good use at Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station in the 40’s or 50’s.
). No wiggle room on the first day. It was the only thing I walked out with.
yeah it was on track to blow past last years post tally, now it may not make a page a day average? 50 days left in the year, 365-319=46...
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