An old socket set........

[Barry Tucker]

How old, who made it, and what is possibly missing or doesn't belong? All sockets are fractional 32nds except for the 9/16. Thanks for any replies. Regards Barry.

 

[Blacknwhitepit]

One is definitely Mossberg....

http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/frank-mossberg-company.html

 

[kxxr]

FH Ayer used a circled A on sockets according to Alloy Artifacts. The drive handle ( if that's what it is) looks like FH Ayer too.
http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/other-makers.html#fh-ayer

 

[Gregg33]

One is definitely Mossberg....

http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/frank-mossberg-company.html

Without a doubt. Mossberg was a common brand of mechanics tools in the 1920's. Sadly their is little collectibilty value in Mossberg. They are well built, really neat, quite rare and even still can be used if you want to rough it, so I don't understand how the have the same if not less resale value than used ChiCom Sh*t.

Also, the reason they are mostly in 32nds is the tolerances weren't as good in those days, so that compensated for it, not because there were (many) fasteners in 32nds.

 

[Packard V8]

The stamped steel construction came and went because it is too weak for real work. A hard pull turns them back into a round tube.

jack vines