bareass172
Well-known member
So I have another thread going where I'm talking screwdrivers, and it prompted me to dig into my box and look at what I had since I knew I had some oddball drivers mixed in with my sets. So I have a mixed set of 5 drivers with clear yellow handles that have a 3/8" drive on top. I'm assuming that these were designed to be used with a palm ratchet since the shaft and drive collar aren't connected. A drive handle would surely break them.
Anyways, these are all stamped "Ivy Tool Co" on one side, "Made in USA" on the other, and 2 are stamped "J&H USA". Anyone have ANY idea what/where/when these are from? I attached pictures below and digging on the net I found a thread on GG where someone else was asking the same basic question - except he only had a single driver. I found no real concrete info. I see that Ivy still sells tools as "Ivy Classic", but what they have doesn't match these. The one consistent thing I found almost everywhere I find these referenced on the net was that they came from, in, or around military bases. This matches with mine because I know for sure that mine came out of a military DRMO (Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office) facility - public auction for those not familiar.
I figured that if anyone in the world would know, it would be the collective braintrust of GJ. So can anyone give me any history on these or the company? I'm not asking so I can try to sell them, but when I realized that they are "rare-ish" and from an old American company my interest got peaked to know the history.
Anyways, these are all stamped "Ivy Tool Co" on one side, "Made in USA" on the other, and 2 are stamped "J&H USA". Anyone have ANY idea what/where/when these are from? I attached pictures below and digging on the net I found a thread on GG where someone else was asking the same basic question - except he only had a single driver. I found no real concrete info. I see that Ivy still sells tools as "Ivy Classic", but what they have doesn't match these. The one consistent thing I found almost everywhere I find these referenced on the net was that they came from, in, or around military bases. This matches with mine because I know for sure that mine came out of a military DRMO (Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office) facility - public auction for those not familiar.
I figured that if anyone in the world would know, it would be the collective braintrust of GJ. So can anyone give me any history on these or the company? I'm not asking so I can try to sell them, but when I realized that they are "rare-ish" and from an old American company my interest got peaked to know the history.
