Craftsman. Who made what

[MWEric]

Maybe this thread exists, GJ has been around a while. Nothing specific shows up in the search. Anyhoo, it’d be interesting to see who made what for Craftsman over the years.
The two items I’d like to know are the RHFT ratchets, and the line of Stainless tools they had for a bit in the late 80s early 90s.
I’m sure google could tell me but sometimes it better just to hear it from this community.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Craftsman Hand Tool Manufacturers & Date Ranges

Last Updated: 11/13/15 (Note-- items in red are the latest updates) Early Craftsman Series (generally pre-1947, some exceptions): A-circle = Empire, ca. 1935 -1973 B-circle = Wilde, ca. 1949-1958 BC = unknown U.S. manufacturer, ca. ? BE = New Britain, ca. 1931 - 1947 BM = S-K, ca. 1939 -...

www.garagejournal.com

This should be helpful for you.

 

[RTM]

And here is the power tool list, just for the sake of completion

Craftsman OEM List | VintageMachinery.org

 

[ohhimark]

Alloy Artifacts Tool History Page

The Alloy Artifacts tool history page for hand tools of the 20th century.

alloy-artifacts.org

 

[Rinspeed]

Western Forge made a boatload of tools for Sears over the years but very sadly Sears always had one dog after another running the company for the last 50 years. Ideal Industries is not any better, they have only destroyed half the companies they have foolishly wasted millions of dollars on.

 

[NUTTSGT]

And here is the power tool list, just for the sake of completion

Craftsman OEM List | VintageMachinery.org

That is a good site used it many times over the years.

 

[ecotec]

When the Craftsman rebranded Vaughan hammers were on sale, you could get them way cheaper than Vaughan branded ones.

When my wife would shop at malls, I hid in the Sears tool department.

 

[3baygarage]

I believe the RHFT patents were Moore Drop Forge.

Moore later became Easco or part of Easco whose name also appears on RHFT rats..

The stainless, I think the patent used to be around somewhere online. It would make sense if they were made by the same company, Easco/Eastern Stainless?