Private Lugnutz
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I'm pretty sure that was an intentional design feature. Small profile = greater access. Unless the drive plug is removable? Going to see if the Thorsen I have is that slim.
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DOH!It was user bent for sure.

I picked up these P&C tools at an estate sale in Tacoma a couple of years ago. I paid $9 for the lot which included a handful of other sockets and a complete set of 1/2 drive Craftsman circle H standard sockets. I had never heard of P&C but thought that the ratchet looked identical to a Proto. I found the deep 7/16 on Ebay a few months ago, which surprised me because a 7/16 deep isn't even listed in the 1966 catalog. All of them look new. I think it was a pretty good find.
I picked up these P&C tools at an estate sale in Tacoma a couple of years ago. I paid $9 for the lot which included a handful of other sockets and a complete set of 1/2 drive Craftsman circle H standard sockets. I had never heard of P&C but thought that the ratchet looked identical to a Proto. I found the deep 7/16 on Ebay a few months ago, which surprised me because a 7/16 deep isn't even listed in the 1966 catalog. All of them look new. I think it was a pretty good find.

DSCF1854 by wvwheaties, on Flickr
DSCF1853 by wvwheaties, on FlickrDon't believe I added this to this thread. Leaf spring separator I believe, for greasing.
DSCF1854 by wvwheaties, on Flickr
DSCF1853 by wvwheaties, on Flickr

Found this little p&c ratchet. Thought it looked cool so I bought it
1/4 inch. Used it to change a battery, works great!
Picked up the longer one of these breakers today. I think they were only making this style for a short period of time around 1930. Both are 1/2" drive, have the 1/2" female recess in the handle, the Milwaukie Oregon and pat. pndg. marking, and both are what they called "inside head" style at a time when they were offering "outside head" breakers too. Surprisingly they have some pretty noticeable differences,the shorter version lacks the stepped drive piece has a more primitive looking fork style and no detent inside the hole where the T-handle would slide thru.
MR x- these are fantastic! I have not really seen to much early stuff but sure would love to find more ! Sounds like I need to start hitting more local estate sales. Where did these come out of ?
Hey Smoke, some cool dude down in North Salem had it as part of a lot on OfferUp ( which I've never successfully used before). I had to go down that way anyway and seller didn't mind breaking up the lot. When i got there he let me look thru the rest of his stuff. The whole thing was pure luck, I wasn't even looking for P&C, the lot was one of those "similar items" prompts at the bottom of the page.
That's like half of a P&C Master Mechanic Set in one fell swoop. Nicely done.
I showed this off in the garage sale thread as well, but here’s a few more pictures of the instant P&C collection I bought today. The 1/2” sockets seem to be super complete with all he **/32” sizes and 5 eight points. The combos are complete from 1 5/16” down to 13/16”. The 1/2” deeps need a little help, as do the 3/8” sockets. I’ll see what I have to fill in. There’s doubles of the 2734 combo if anyone needs one for a set. Definitely the most P&C I’ve found in one place, and for a steal!