Early Williams 3/4” square socket

[Stillgottimefor1]

Did a lot of reading into the wee hours and never found a good answer as to how old it is.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Postwar for sure.

 

[RTM]

Poking around for when the detent hole was added might give clues, but other than that, I’d defer to Lugz’s wisdom.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It's just knowing the wartime tells that most WWII guys know and I got to the reply first, that's all. In general, when it comes to Williams, we look for MADE/FORGED < W > in U.S.A. under the scroll logo. Scroll logo and just U.S.A. is usually postwar. There are some exceptions. Some tiny tools and I think some contract tools during WWII with sparse markings. But, in general, just like Bonney, MADE/FORGED in U.S.A. is prewar and wartime, U.S.A. is postwar.

Caveat is I don't know much about 3/4-drive and that has a weird finish, so, someone might should double check me.

 

[RTM]

In general, when it comes to Williams, we look for MADE/FORGED < W > in U.S.A. under the scroll logo. Scroll logo and just U.S.A. is usually postwar. There are some exceptions. Some tiny tools and I think some contract tools during WWII with sparse markings. But, in general, just like Bonney, MADE/FORGED in U.S.A. is prewar and wartime, U.S.A. is postwar.

This is more than I know. I should start writing this down, cuz finding it under fire is always hard. (Last week I was looking for something I swore D42jeep supplied, but was wrong, and wasted an hour. Tunnel vision)