Got Grandpa's tools...

[Romanova]

So my grandfather passed away several years ago and my father and I recently went to clean out the rest of his stuff from his old house that had finally sold. Boy was I in for a treat, though someone already grabbed his toolbox. In addition to all of these tools, I got some old antique radios that he had restored as well as several boxes of old pictures and war memorabilia. Sentimental value is off the chart.

Anyways, I'm not sure about the history of some of these tools... please feel free to chime in. The Barcalo wrenches seemed to be the most common as there were tons of them.

1hp oil cooled Craftsman air compressor. Runs great and it has the owners manual and the original receipt from 1980!!

I'm not sure what this is... multimeter right?

The pile!

Snap On 1/2" gear ratchet or something? Anyone got a estimated date on this thing?

Blue Point Supreme? Ok!

I finally own a Plomb! The only one though....

Bonney? Never heard of them...

Old Cornwell...

Not a clue...

Snap On Octo Grip stubbie screw driver. Definitely seen better days.

Interesting detail on the tap box...

Yay!

Look at the date...

There is more but that was the coolest of the bunch. Love how EVERYTHING was made in America... beautiful.

Thank you!

 

[lauver]

Nice stuff. I think I spotted a Hazet (or other German brand) double open end wrench in the mix. It's got a dark industrial finish. These wrenches are keepers too...probably metric, but could be SAE. Hang on to that stuff, there's some interesting vintage tools there, and they have family history to boot.

 

[volpster31]

very cool.......its good to keep those in the family too..it would be a shame for all that to be sold at a yard sale because someone thinks its old junk

 

[airdale]

Very cool! Post a pic of that round handled wrench please.

 

[Joe H]

Nice. I wish I would inherit a nice set of tools like this.

 

[krusty the clown]

cool......i'm digging the old cornwell!

 

[Elroy]

cool......i'm digging the old cornwell!

Yep, The Cornwell is the pick of the bunch

Now if we only knew the year codes

 

[krusty the clown]

Yep, The Cornwell is the pick of the bunch

Now if we only knew the year codes

i wonder if the company even know the date codes on the early stuff

 

[bry@n]

It's nice going through the old stuff. Good luck with the new to you tools.

 

[fatrhino]

Very cool, wish I had more of my grandfathers tools, sure does feel nice using tools with history behind them

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Never heard of Bonney? An HOW LONG have you been on this site? Shame on you.

The Blue Point Supreme should have a Snap-On date code on it. Prob on the other side. I have a identical 1"-15/16" dbl open end with a 1954 date code on it.

Scroll to the bottom of post #1 in THIS THREAD to find SO date codes.

The Heller is what I think is a faucet stem wrench, but I could be wrong.

Charles

 

[webscrounger]

Cool tools! I have that same exact compressor!

 

[Romanova]

Very cool! Post a pic of that round handled wrench please.

Its a Blue Point that someone cut and welded the round piece too... kinda ghetto rigged.

 

[krusty the clown]

is the bar puller a plomb?

 

[vc-onthepc]

Finally some tools that look as if theve been used !

 

[Romanova]

is the bar puller a plomb?

Proto as I recall...

 

[GDA]

Nice. Looks like you picked up a line flaring set too. Good stuff

 

[dr_clyde]

the tool you said "no clue" to, its kind of like an adjustable wrench. The jaw can swing open and it can grip the fastener. My grandfather has one as well.

 

[nightrain00]

I just got that same compressor from my nieghbor who didn't need it any more. still works great after 29 years try that with one of the new oiless ones!