Anyone familiar with TRW tools?

[Rewind97]

I've got a small set.....a ratchet and (9) 6 point sockets in a plastic case. Are they worth keeping?

 

[sberry]

They work? You are not making payments on them, ha. Whats not to like about that?

 

[lbgradwell]

I've got a small set.....a ratchet and (9) 6 point sockets in a plastic case. Are they worth keeping?

Almost certainly very good stuff.

TRW owned JH Williams (and subsidiary Vulcan) in the 1970s and perhaps to the mid-1980s.

 

[Joe B.]

I don't have any insights on TRW branded tools.

However, I do have a Williams catalog from 1978 that show Williams to be a division of TRW. The catalog makes no mention of tools branded as TRW. I have wondered if TRW tools from that period were made by William's as an opening price brand.

 

[Thumper]

I have a TRW wrench and a couple of sockets......seems to be damn good stuff. I can't remember but I think they were in some stuff I bought.

 

[Higgins]

in Corporate America, a lot of the tools we used in our MFG plant were TRW tools. Pliers, cutters, crimp tools, etc.... Worked well, and lasted a long time............

 

[Pumpman1968]

They work? You are not making payments on them, ha. Whats not to like about that?

DUDE! Just looked at your site....sweet bench for the chop saw!

 

[tweedlestan]

I've got a small set.....a ratchet and (9) 6 point sockets in a plastic case. Are they worth keeping?

I have a TRW socket and it seems to be very nice quality.

Would you mind posting a pic of your set? I'd love to see what it looks like.

 

[ex-x-fire]

My M1a rifle has TRW parts on it, dated 12-63, they were into alot of stuff back in the 60s & 70s.

 

[Bryan Burns]

I have a large TRW file that's quite stout.

 

[vssjim]

I have some TRW branded wrenches and sockets and they are very good. Made before Williams left Buffalo, NY when TRW owned them.

 

[Rewind97]

Is there a way to tell the age of them?

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[sberry]

Seems I remember them being sold at auto parts stores when I was a kid,, they has SK and some TRW.

 

[Rezeppa]

I have a LARGE pair of TRW channel locks. My dad was extremely protective over the pliers. He to me they were better than SK at the time. I agree I have SK channel locks not nearly as nice as the TRW. I have a soft spot in my heart for the old TRW tools great tools but hard to come by.