Need help with how old this is

[joshuahileman]

Can anyone tell me anything about when this tool was made.this is original packaging I found in attic today haven't found another one on search engines yet

 

[Chris_Hamilton]

Likely from the 80's. I remember KD stuff my Dad would buy looking similar.

 

[joshuahileman]

I'm pretty sure I found it in a 74 catalog I just found

 

[Wrench97]

It was pretty much packaged the same from the early 70's til it came under the Gearwrench label.

 

[RTM]

There is a KD thread listed in the Sticky, you may find your tool there.

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[four.cycle]

^ K-D was using that exact same packaging in the early-to-mid 1970s and up to the late 1980s. We carried half a dozen SKUs in all our stores.

(earlier or later than that timeframe I can't speak to - got out of parts in 1988)