Is it extremely early Plomb manufactured or maybe during the California Tool period? Opinions?
Absolutely! My wife wants to put my plomb tool tote inside and decorate with it but I tell her no. I use it to work with
That’s a nice square corner!The only time my first one was allowed inside was when it was delivered to our house.
-Don
Thank you. I have to clean it really good and try to put the set back together.That’s the closest one I saw too.
-Don
Here is a rusty treasure that arrived yesterday. Now I have to decide what to do with it when it comes out of the evaporust.
Maybe one of these sets?
Here is a clue to the markings on my recent cold chisel find. Likely made before 1926.
Nice challenger set box!That’s the closest one I saw too.
-Don
Here is a rusty treasure that arrived yesterday. Now I have to decide what to do with it when it comes out of the evaporust.
Maybe one of these sets?
Here is a clue to the markings on my recent cold chisel find. Likely made before 1926.
I see what you mean. It did come with one 1940 dated socket. Might be kind of a challenge to populate it with all 1940 dated tools!
I am undertaking that venture right now. I am about 3 sockets in so farI see what you mean. It did come with one 1940 dated socket. Might be kind of a challenge to populate it with all 1940 dated tools!
-Don
39’ or 40’ is what I am looking for.Matt- did you just find those? Or is this the user’s all lined up?
i just got that whole assortment on sunday. a fellow plomb collector friend from facebook came over to meet me and hooked me up with a lot of his doubles for a practically free price. real nice guyI am undertaking that venture right now. I am about 3 sockets in so far
Matt- did you just find those? Or is this the user’s all lined up?
They are certainly rare to say the least. I know of yours which came from up north of me, unaiu’s and one other collector who has all the top shelf stuff. Not common at all. Very well done! I do find it odd that they colored them blue since they were making maroon and olive drab boxes and the carry totes where a gray colorjust got my 9969 1938/39 tool mobile back from the powdercoater. is it close to the right color? i have no idea. catalog says"lustrious metallic blue." a fellow plomb collector who's grandpa had one when he was a kid, helped me pick out the color from memory. if its not close, then it is what it is. logging on this forum this morning, i saw someone posted a pic of there's a week ago. never seen another one!
That looks great! What’s the serial number on that one?just got my 9969 1938/39 tool mobile back from the powdercoater. is it close to the right color? i have no idea. catalog says"lustrious metallic blue." a fellow plomb collector who's grandpa had one when he was a kid, helped me pick out the color from memory. if its not close, then it is what it is. logging on this forum this morning, i saw someone posted a pic of there's a week ago. never seen another one!
there is no serial number on it... no serial number on late gen 40s models either
Odd, mine was serial #238 and marked on the right side socket rail.
Yeah no numbers stamped anywhere on it. The serial numbers don't seem to mean anything, on the ones that have it. I almost wonder if it wasn't a factory thing, but a dealer signature to keep tabs on warranty or something?
I have 4 40s tool mobiles and that one 1938 model. (5 total). The only ones I have with the serial numbers are my pre war 40s ones. (3 out of 5)
That 1938/39 tool mobile u just posted a little while ago is the only other one I've seen! Bad *** that yours has the rack on it and lock bar! If you scroll waaaay back in this super long thread, you'll see another, but that's the one that I ended up with, that you see above. Yeah I have 11 full size plomb boxes, total... My really cherry stuff I keep in the house. The rest, I use in the shop.@nailheadmatt 5 toolmobiles?!!! Good lord man.
You are correct. The square corner style and the immediate following stamped logo pressteel had serial numbers. The later painted logo/ pebble eras didn’t. I am also unsure about the later Proto tool mobiles. My Proto tool mobile isnt numbered but maybe earlier ones with wrinkle finish were?
Super cool! Does this tool have any markings on it?
Just V PLOMB V ....that part of the shaft is kind of unfinished and there's some wrench marks right thru where the "O" is.
Really uncommon piece! Way cool!
No. That is a Stanley ball-pein hammer head. They had a whole line of "Standard" brand tools, including hammers, which are fairly common. Some of them have a sticker on the handle helpfully marked "Standard by Stanley." Does it look like it's been re-handled?
No evidence of being rehandled. Handle shows about the same amount of wear as the head. Was an octagonal hammer handle with dark green paint fairly common to buy off the shelf?
I agree. It does. Stanley bought Atha for their hammers and re-used that name as a brand for their top of the line ball-pein hammers for years. But it's very possible that they used Vlchek for their "Standard" line. Frankly, I never thought about it before.
