Artisan toolbox find

[PowderKeg]

Got a steam threshing/tractor show fix Sat at Meriden, KS and lucked into a mix n' match toolbox that I was waffling on (don't really NEED any more tool boxlots but...) until I closed the lid and saw the brand plate - can't recall ever seeing an Artisan box in the wild. The Artisan ratchet is what first caught my eye - can't seem to find the one I got awhile back. Tossed a couple more box wrenches and the NB 3/8" ratchet in the mix to cut a $35 deal. There was more in the box but this is most of the USA stuff, with the exception of the 1/2" Stanley socket set & one of the 3/8" sockets (the rest are Waldens). The other exception is the 6" Wescott s-wrench/RR wrench - that was $20 by itself from another table - a little more than I'd like but now I've got 6, 8, 10, & 12" ones (and $20 is on the lower end of fleabay including ship & tax).

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

Sweet box and tools! The S-K made beaver tail ratchet is also awesome.

 

[bmwrd0]

I found an Aritsan box once, one of the two drawer, flat top ones that SK makes so many of. Cool, but I passed it one to an SK collector friend.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Some artisan tools

 

[1982fxr]

OTG, your collection consistently blows my mind. I mean...holy **** dude.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Can never have too many tools!

 

[Boogerman]

Not tool collector. Knew they SK economy brand, tossed socket box couple weeks ago. I'll dig out of scrap steel & post picture.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

The only tools marked artisan were the ratchets, the rest were standard sk, so pretty easy to collect up a set for that box

 

[Boogerman]

Might have ratchet. Would have definitely tossed it; not even thought about, always toss off brand and asian ratchets unless Indestro fine tooth under one name or another; save those for rebuild kits. Have soft spot for these old boxes, kept on workbench few days, then tossed to make room. I'll take badge out for collection; not remember that when tossed it.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I should mention artisan was not an economy line. It was just rebranded for sale by gambles

 

[d42jeep]

So PowderKeg’s box would originally looked like this S-K set with the Artisan ratchet and the Artisan label on the box. Actually not an economy brand, rather a contract set, as OTG mentions.
-Don

 

[PowderKeg]

The only tools marked artisan were the ratchets, the rest were standard sk, so pretty easy to collect up a set for that box

So were the sockets and other drive tools branded S-K, or were they unbranded from S-K? I've got a fair chunk of an S-K set that might be from @ that time, or at least a close match.

I picked up an Artisan short dbl box wrench this year as well - the ratchets have been the only branded tools I've seen (or at least noticed) until lately.

 

[PowderKeg]

So PowderKeg’s box would originally looked like this S-K set with the Artisan ratchet and the Artisan label on the box. Actually not an economy brand, rather a contract set, as OTG mentions.
-Don

Cool! I'm plannimg on keeping the box and a fair part of the contents to fill out a truck set.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Sockets and tools were marked sk, just the ratchets and boxes were marked artisan

 

[Provincial]

I have an Artisan feeler gauge for spark plugs.

 

[bonneyman]

Can never have too many tools!

You can run out of room!

Yeah, I know, I know - buy a bigger house.

 

[Provincial]

What do you give the man who has everything?



More storage space!

 

[Lassen Forge]

You can run out of room!

Yeah, I know, I know - buy a bigger house.

Bigger HOUSE?? Blasphemy!! Cut the house in half,, and build a BIGGER SHOP on the space you gained!!!

 

[Boogerman]

Anyone need an artisan 1/2" set? Got one today in a tool box, $15 plus $15 to ship it medium flat rate.

 

[d42jeep]

Message sent.
-Don

 

[mritchie77]

Message sent.
-Don

Shoot. Beat me to the punch.

 

[d42jeep]

It was just tools, no box included. Now I’ll be looking for an Artisan box to match.
-Don

 

[bmwrd0]

so, Don, you are going to take a Gambol on it?

(I had an Artisan box, one of the SK two drawers units re-labled, but traded it off to another collector.)

 

[d42jeep]

The tools from Boogerman arrived and there are only a few sockets and a breaker bar missing to complete the set. The price seems like a bargain to me.
-Don
Probably an Artisan marked box like either of these two larger S-K sets would allow me to complete the Artisan set.
S-K

 

[thehorse13]

I'm late to this party because of my end of summer project. You got a heck of a nice deal, Don. Well done. You rarely see the Artisan stuff in the wild these days. Heck, I've only come across a 1/4 inch drive set once. Of course it came home with me. lol

 

[d42jeep]

The evaporust improved the appearance of the tools quite a bit.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

If I ever find the correct Gambles Artisan box the set would probably look like this.

The tools that would go in the set. I had an Artisan ratchet already.
-Don