Early Craftsman multi-tool ?

[RedVise]

I was straightening things up a little and came across these Cman tools.
The Craftsman name is stamped in block letters, cant define an era for these based on the name style.
One looks like the PO added small shallow holes for a better grip. ???

Any ideas on the age of these ? Thanks

Brian

 

[scoot86]

Looks like an automatic center punch or a scribe.

 

[3baygarage]

They’re scratch awls. The bit turns around to hide the point. Not sure but may have been made by General because they have them too.

 

[3baygarage]

Scoot it looks like scriber is correct. From a 1968 General Hardware cat at archive.org:

 

[4xdog]

I've had a Starrett version of one of those, with a longer scriber tip for decades. I always considered it (and use it) as a pocket-able scribe.

 

[RTM]

The Starrett version has external knurling so tough I once scratched a phone screen having them in the same pocket. Great tool for carrying around for projects.

 

[RedVise]

Scoot it looks like scriber is correct. From a 1968 General Hardware cat at archive.org:

That's the one, no doubt same manufacturer. Thanks

Brian

 

[4xdog]

Scoot it looks like scriber is correct. From a 1968 General Hardware cat at archive.org:

This 1968 General catalog illustration looks exactly like the Starrett -- from the faceted ball at the top to the ring cut into the blunt end of the scribe. I'll bet they're the same product.

The Craftsman ones in the op's images look different.



(And yes, I'll bet that deep knurling *would* scratch a phone screen, RTM. Thankfully I've not learned that the hard way.)

 

[Provincial]

The facets on the ball end are to keep the scribe from rolling off the bench when you set it down.

 

[Farmer J.]

The facets on the ball end are to keep the scribe from rolling off the bench when you set it down.

... so it doesn't stab you somewhere tender after it has rolled off the bench.!