ID these sockets please!

[BlackdogGS]

Ever seen this type of socket?

 

[four.cycle]

Need a clearer image of the side of the socket showing the size stamping.
Could be any one of three or four different brands.

 

[BlackdogGS]

Need a clearer image of the side of the socket showing the size stamping.
Could be any one of three or four different brands.

 

[four.cycle]

Indestro / Duro

 

[BlackdogGS]

Also found this with a similar (not exact) design. After some research I don’t think the ratchet is relate.

 

[BlackdogGS]

Indestro / Duro

That’s it!

 

[The Cobbler]

the clamp master is for ratcheting ( cut to length) band clamps

 

[four.cycle]

Also found this with a similar (not exact) design. After some research I don’t think the ratchet is relate.

While they are very similar in appearance, they were made by different manufacturers:

Punch-Lok / Punch-Lok Clamp Master / Chicago, IL / patent 2507455 May 9 1950 John Ekern Ott /

The Indestro stamped-steel ratchet is a model 1308, but I don't believe they ever applied for or were issued a patent for it.

 

[Pitalplace]

Looks like an old ratchet set for the old square nuts that were used on farm machinery etc.

 

[Stuart in MN]

I think there were several brands of sockets like that with a hex hole in the back, they were used with a handle that looked like a large Allen wrench and not a ratchet. I know my dad had some 60+ years ago, he probably got them from a military surplus store.

 

[four.cycle]

there were several brands of sockets like that with a hex hole in the back

Correct, but the markings vary from make to make: manner in which the numbers are stamped, knurling patterns, symbols.
There are at least four different threads on this website attempting to differentiate one brand from another.
Some are easier than others to identify.

 

[finn]

I have a few in an old olive drab metal box that likely came from my grandfather. Got them from my mom’s basement when we were settling the estate. I know my dad didn’t have them when I was growing up.

One of the larger sockets is severely corroded and eroded. No Allen key or ratchet in the box.

What does one do with something like this. They’re not really functional, and I have enough clutter already to make another “display”, yet I feel guilty just recycling them.

Any ideas on the age? I’m thinking late thirties.

 

[four.cycle]

^ could be anywhere from 1920s clear into the late 1960s - there were at least half a dozen U.S. manufacturers making them, as well as a couple Japanese makers.

 

[Stuart in MN]

I have a few in an old olive drab metal box that likely came from my grandfather. Got them from my mom’s basement when we were settling the estate. I know my dad didn’t have them when I was growing up.

One of the larger sockets is severely corroded and eroded. No Allen key or ratchet in the box.

What does one do with something like this. They’re not really functional, and I have enough clutter already to make another “display”, yet I feel guilty just recycling them.

Any ideas on the age? I’m thinking late thirties.

You could put them in the classified ads here on the Garage Journal, if you want them to go to a good home. They probably aren't worth much but maybe someone would be interested.

 

[finn]

You could put them in the classified ads here on the Garage Journal, if you want them to go to a good home. They probably aren't worth much but maybe someone would be interested.

I’ll look at them when I get home in a couple of weeks. Don’t even remember how many there are. Thinking about it, maybe tha Allen wrench is there, too.

 

[four.cycle]

^ There does exist a market for them. It's not a big market, and there's not a lot of money in it. I have zip-lock bags full of those things that one day may get sorted out.