A surprising old favorite ratchet collection

[ChrisPace]

I bought this set back in 1993 I think. About the same time I also started buying snap on screwdrivers. I had been shopping everywhere at the time and I just liked the way they felt. Never thought about it but they turned out to be 60 tooth ratchets. Very nice and smooth action. As the years have gone by I have finally figured out that they are still my go to ratchet set. I reach for these by instinct. They are Master Mechanic but I'm not sure who the prime manufacturer is. Maybe Easco or Industro? Has anybody else have a set of these around? The chrome has stayed nice all these years.








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[Vantastic]

I have never seen those before. They look nice.
I say they are Stanley and made in tawain.

 

[ChrisPace]

Early 90's. The ratchets and sockets are all marked USA. Not many suppliers offered fine tooth back then. Easco made some of the Master Mechanic and craftsman in the 70's and 80's I thought that these might be of that vendor. How great they work is why I'm always instinctively grabbing them first. Plus it saves wear and tear on my expensive ones


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[Richard Cranium]

I have never seen a Master Mechanic branded tool that said it was made in the usa before

 

[Vantastic]

Easco did brand some ratchets master mechanic for a short time. These are not them.

 

[neilreeveszz]

I notice that the ones that say U.S.A., the 1/4" and 3/8", have part numbers that start with M whereas the 1/2" does not say U.S.A and has a part number that starts with P. I wonder if M is for 'Murica.

 

[Laracar]

Have never seen these tools before,but it is really a great collection.

 

[ChrisPace]

The sockets and extensions that came with this set (all of which I still have) looked like Craftsman. I wonder of it was an Apex product? I used them as hammers too LOL. The Easco made models used the same part numbers as these but had a T in front of the numbers. I searched Garage Journal and 70's and 80's tools were Easco. The current product is more like Harbour Freight these days.

 

[mikebaker1129]

My guess would be one of the companies under the Stanley umbrella. Challenger,blackhawk, proto or Stanley himself.

 

[Gear Wolf]

Far out! I was just working on the Taiwanese Craftsman branded variants of these the other day.

I think the Master Mechanic ratchets are why people get the COO confused when it comes to this particular design.

Craftsman versions = 100% Taiwanese made
Your Master Mechanics = 100% USA [unless they are a spoof, which I doubt]

 

[StillTooManyHobbies]

The selector looks very TUFF-1 SK-ish without the screw in the middle, but they don't look SK in any other way. The handle looks like the old Craftsman 43772. Either way, yours are very nice.

 

[Sam'sAutoParts]

Those are very cool I have a few mid-late 90s MM tools and they don't look pretty but they have never let me down, all made in Taiwan I believe. Newer stuff is over priced IMHO for what it is, appears all China made.

 

[mikebaker1129]

The body is very similar to the Craftsman Triwing from the 90's but the selector is a quad wing and U.S. A little different.
Challenger uses the 1060,1260,1660 prefixes I their ratchet series also.
This is what leads me to believe these are in the Stanley family.
Very nice looking set of ratchets , I have not seen before.
I will have to keep my eyes peeled for these .