Old husky set

[Oldtuleguy]

20s I think? Must be early

 

[3baygarage]

Nice complete set.

Alloy Artifacts has a picture of a similar set dated 1924, and an actual set dated around 1925, so yes.

Is it 9/16 drive?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Appears to be

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Looks like my old snap on stuff

 

[bonneyman]

An oldie but goodie!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

That's a nice set, Oldtuleguy.

I love those attache type cases. The tools flop and jumble all over the place when you carry it by the handle, but they look stylish. They were very popular in the 1920's.

Blackhawk, which never gets the design credit they deserve, did a nifty thing with the handles on their attache type cases. Rather than leave that steel wire alone, digging into the hand, they put the same rotating grips they put on their extensions, t-handles, and speeders around the case handle grip. A seemingly innocuous design decision that pulls everything - case and tools - together aesthetically.

 

[notlob]

I occasionally run across individual pieces of the old hex-drive Husky stuff, but I've never seen a complete set. Nice!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I saw it and thought it looked pretty cool. Never really had much interest in husky before. Most of it I see looks like new britain stuff. I am going to try it out on a 55 ford station wagon that got towed in today. Ratchet works good and sockets are all tight. Nice tools.

 

[twertsy]

Looks like my old snap on stuff

Awesome Husky set! I'm betting there's a reason it looks like your SO stuff...............

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I occasionally run across individual pieces of the old hex-drive Husky stuff, but I've never seen a complete set.

I don't think I've ever seen a single piece in the wild.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Most of it I see looks like new britain stuff.

After 1935.

Please post some close-ups when you get a chance, and maybe a few with the early Snap-On square drive stuff.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Here are some snapon comparison pics

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Here are some set pics

 

[notlob]

I have a Husky hex-drive speeder of about that vintage. I'll post up a pic once I locate it.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Nice. I have not seen one