Craftsman Ratchet Timeline

[ckadams00]

Anyone ever seen a photo series or listing of ratchet evolution? I have been amassing a smile mountain of CMan ratchets and started to wonder about the different styles and models.

 

[HandyManny]

Anyone ever seen a photo series or listing of ratchet evolution? I have been amassing a smile mountain of CMan ratchets and started to wonder about the different styles and models.

It would be a nice change of atmosphere to show a list of those evolutions. Sure would be more refreshing than listening to all the complaining lately about Craftsman now being mostly made in China. But I bet a thread showing evolution of Cman ratchets would quickly spiral into a ******* bout about Sears and Chinese imports and how evil Sears is.

 

[WWIIjeep]

There's a lot of Craftsman information here:

http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/craftsman-early-tools.html

Only covers up to '50s/'60s though. Nothing newer has been considered particularly collectible, although now that it's gone for good, maybe it will be.