Plomb tool picture thread - show your stuff!

[Private Lugnutz]

My 2nd Plomb catalog 10-B with reference to 1927-1930 tools

You wrote "10-B" but you're showing a Catalog No. 10A. (Which is kind of an exciting mistake! )

I am unsure if this one has been uploaded to the Web

Neither a No. 10A or a No. 10B has been uploaded to IA/ITCL and I am not aware of either one available anywhere else in the public domain. So I am kind of hoping your other implied first catalog 10-B really is a 10-B.

but let me know if you know the process and I can high resolution images uploaded so all collectors can have reference material.

The process is pretty simple, Roy. If you have access to a good scanner, just make a PDF and upload it to IA/ITCL. That's all there is to it. You'll have to register, but that takes less than a minute. If you don't have access to a scanner, you can mail the catalogs to GJer @Mark Stansbury. He is the proprietor of ITCL. He will scan and upload and return them.

On dating these...

Except for the No. 6, which is generally dated to 1926, all the early prewar catalogs had a publications number. No. 8, for example, has "(113H-101528)" printed on the title page, directly under the catalog number. No. 9 has "(113M-61529)" printed there and No. 10-C has "(1132-91531)" in the same place. The prefix is unknown, but the suffix is generally considered to be a publication date in MM-DD-YY format. And your 10A - with a "(1130-7130)" pub number - seems to fall perfectly into the pattern:

No. 8 (113H-101528): pub'd 10-15-1928
No. 9 (113M-6159): pub'd 6-15-1929
No. 10A (1130-7130): pub'd 7-1-30
No. 10-C (1132-91531): pub'd 9-15-1931
No. 11 (6132): pub'd 6-1-1932
No. 12 (10133): pub'd 10-1-1933
No. 15 (136): pub'd 1936
No. 16 (no pub number): thought to be 1938
No. 17B (8139): pub'd 8-1-1939

(All cats after this are date-able, either by PL's or analysis, but formal pub numbers don't pick up again until the late 1940's, e.g., No. 4820 on the 1948.)

Please check your other catalog, and if it's a 10B, please let me know what the pub date is.

 

[r_olson_06]

You wrote "10-B" but you're showing a Catalog No. 10A. (Which is kind of an exciting mistake! )

Neither a No. 10A or a No. 10B has been uploaded to IA/ITCL and I am not aware of either one available anywhere else in the public domain. So I am kind of hoping your other implied first catalog 10-B really is a 10-B.

The process is pretty simple, Roy. If you have access to a good scanner, just make a PDF and upload it to IA/ITCL. That's all there is to it. You'll have to register, but that takes less than a minute. If you don't have access to a scanner, you can mail the catalogs to GJer @Mark Stansbury. He is the proprietor of ITCL. He will scan and upload and return them.

On dating these...

Except for the No. 6, which is generally dated to 1926, all the early prewar catalogs had a publications number. No. 8, for example, has "(113H-101528)" printed on the title page, directly under the catalog number. No. 9 has "(113M-61529)" printed there and No. 10-C has "(1132-91531)" in the same place. The prefix is unknown, but the suffix is generally considered to be a publication date in MM-DD-YY format. And your 10A - with a "(1130-7130)" pub number - seems to fall perfectly into the pattern:

No. 8 (113H-101528): pub'd 10-15-1928
No. 9 (113M-6159): pub'd 6-15-1929
No. 10A (1130-7130): pub'd 7-1-30
No. 10-C (1132-91531): pub'd 9-15-1931
No. 11 (6132): pub'd 6-1-1932
No. 12 (10133): pub'd 10-1-1933
No. 15 (136): pub'd 1936
No. 16 (no pub number): thought to be 1938
No. 17B (8139): pub'd 8-1-1939

(All cats after this are date-able, either by PL's or analysis, but formal pub numbers don't pick up again until the late 1940's, e.g., No. 4820 on the 1948.)

Please check your other catalog, and if it's a 10B, please let me know what the pub date is.

Good call. Messed that one up. It is a 10-A.
Thanks for the info on the IA/ITCL and the publication number structures.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It is a 10-A.

Is it your second 10-A? Or is the other catalog you have a 10-B?!

 

[r_olson_06]

Is it your second 10-A? Or is the other catalog you have a 10-B?!

I see now. My 1st catalog was not a 10. I will have to check the number but I believe dates around late 30s. This one is the 10-A.

 

[d42jeep]

I bought these to get the NAF extension but I was happy to get the wartime 1/2” drive pebble ratchet as well.
NAF marked Plomb.
Added to the NAF toolbox.
-Don

 

[r_olson_06]

I bought these to get the NAF extension but I was happy to get the wartime 1/2” drive pebble ratchet as well.
NAF marked Plomb.
Added to the NAF toolbox.
-Don

Nice! Is that a 4" or 5" extension? I just want to mark it in my catalog. Also is that an early Plomb rivit set?

 

[d42jeep]

Roy, I’ll measure it for you when I get a chance. The rivet set isn’t Plomb, unfortunately.
-Don

 

[r_olson_06]

Roy, I’ll measure it for you when I get a chance. The rivet set isn’t Plomb, unfortunately.
-Don

Thank you. Still an early rivet set is not an easy find.

 

[d42jeep]

I checked the NAF catalog and an 1110-4 is shown as a 5” extension with a Federal Stock Number of
41-B-306.
-Don

 

[r_olson_06]

I checked the NAF catalog and an 1110-4 is shown as a 5” extension with a Federal Stock Number of
41-B-306.
-Don

Thank you!

 

[d42jeep]

My rusty 3/8” drive Plomb finds from today’s estate sale. I cleaned up the 5262 extension but the u-joint and pebble flex handle are in the evaporust.
-Don

 

[r_olson_06]

My rusty 3/8” drive Plomb finds from today’s estate sale. I cleaned up the 5262 extension but the u-joint and pebble flex handle are in the evaporust.
-Don

Nice early pebble handle!

 

[d42jeep]

Thanks, Roy. The wartime finish pebble 3/8” drive flex handle and universal joint came out of the evaporust looking much better.
-Don

 

[r_olson_06]

Picked up a few Plomb/Proto Newsletters!

 

[r_olson_06]

I also traded and received this 1429 Turret Top Pecking Hammer dated 1938 with an original handle.

 

[Beerhippie]

^Nice pecker!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Picked up a few Plomb/Proto Newsletters!

Dang it, I always look for those on eBay . Is that where you found them? Ive been trying to collect them

 

[r_olson_06]

Dang it, I always look for those on eBay . Is that where you found them? Ive been trying to collect them

Yes. I think there were a few of the purple ones so there may be one left.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Yes. I think there were a few of the purple ones so there may be one left.

Not coming up in searches? I look for Proto tool catalog and Proto tool magazine? Weird I just looked at complete listings and didn’t see any?

 

[d42jeep]

Looks like the last one sold last month.

Pardon Our Interruption...

-Don

 

[Smokeshow69]

Looks like the last one sold last month.

Pardon Our Interruption...

-Don

Man , I'm not sure how I missed that but good on Roy! If anyone has any others that they would be interested in selling, hit me up!

 

[r_olson_06]

Man , I'm not sure how I missed that but good on Roy! If anyone has any others that they would be interested in selling, hit me up!

Will do!

 

[r_olson_06]

Todays delivery!


Couldn't pass up on the 9990 loaded box that popped on eBay. I also added a few singles as well including a pair of P&C (WF-88 and N-87) to serve as place holder for my Plomb WF DBEs filling in the 2 gaps.
Also other notables.
A 9/16" pull handle and extension.
An early Caulker pre part number
PWA Crowsfoot
Early babbit bearing scraper
Early RL LH caulker
2004 brake wrench
3/4" universal war finish
Early Pryoxylin Non Fluted Non Pebble Screwdriver.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Nice grab! I was watching that one but lost track.

 

[d42jeep]

I threw a few bids at that box and tools but it quickly went over what I was wIlling to pay. Roy, I’m glad it went to you. Congratulations.
-Don
A few Plomb ads found on eBay. The first one is from ‘47, the next two from ‘43.

 

[r_olson_06]

Nice grab! I was watching that one but lost track.

I threw a few bids at that box and tools but it quickly went over what I was wIlling to pay. Roy, I’m glad it went to you. Congratulations.
-Don
A few Plomb ads found on eBay.

Thanks!

 

[r_olson_06]

Picked up a DU8 to finish off my set of 1928 swivels. Almost a complete date code match

 

[d42jeep]

A 3035 pebble DOE wrench that I was missing arrived in the mail yesterday with a couple of other Plomb items.
It came with these. The rusty 3020 is a duplicate.

The 3/8” flex handle is a little smoother finish than my recent estate sale find.
Both are unplated.
-Don

 

[r_olson_06]

A 3035 pebble DOE wrench that I was missing arrived in the mail yesterday with a couple of other Plomb items.
It came with these. The rusty 3020 is a duplicate.

The 3/8” flex handle is a little smoother finish than my recent estate sale find.
Both are unplated.
-Don

Solid DOE pebble set! Those earlier 3/8" pebble breaker bars are one of my favorite of the pebbles.

 

[Snaparxon]

Moved to the Proto thread where I intended to post but failed to execute

 

[T444e]

Possibly so Outlaw. I kept waiting for one of the small drawers to make an appearance, but when the mechanic pulled his hex keys from the wooden box instead of one of them, I figured they were just gone. That was right before he promptly ground that key into oblivion showing what not to do.

At the end of the film when the mechanic folded up the box after picking up his tools, still without the drawers, I figured they may be gone for good. I just thought it amusing seeing how many 9990's are currently found also missing those small slide drawers. I do like watching vintage films like this one. A much different time.

 

[JonahBrown]

I have a prewar example in the tower of Plomb with the Chinese red paint with the two rows populated with prewar tools but most of the two row examples were originally green. It could just be different suppliers, as you say.
-Don

Only Plomb set I have.

 

[r_olson_06]

Only Plomb set I have.

If you are only going to have one. That is a good choice.

 

[Outlawmws]

If you are only going to have one. That is a good choice.

This ain't Highlander - Their can be more than one...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

There can be more than one...

That depends...

 

[Model A Fan]

That depends...

Nice spelling correction

Would I be permitted to post my "collection" here if I'm wanting to sell it? I have come to the realization that I probably only need to "collect" tools I'll use and not just ones to look at. I have too much "cool stuff" that never sees the light of day. My main collecting interest is WWII uniforms and medals, and that's what gets displayed.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Would I be permitted to post my "collection" here if I'm wanting to sell it?

The explicit purpose of the Classifieds in the Garage Sale section of GJ is to separate sales from the Discussion Forums section of GJ, such as this one, and Ryan and the Mods are fairly strict about it when they see sales up here or sales up here are reported to them. Thankfully. I remember the days prior to the re-organization when GJ looked more like FBMP than GJ and it was not good.

Having said that, there are attempts that range from subtle to not-so-subtle to skirt the rules by posting a collection up here and then letting it be known it's for sale, without pricing, and all the transaction dialogue is done via PM. I am neither suggesting or endorsing that approach. In fact, I've always found it bold and shady. But hey, I'm just a member.

 

[Model A Fan]

The explicit purpose of the Classifieds in the Garage Sale section of GJ is to separate sales from the Discussion Forums section of GJ, such as this one, and Ryan and the Mods are fairly strict about it when they see sales up here or sales up here are reported to them. Thankfully. I remember the days prior to the re-organization when GJ looked more like FBMP than GJ and it was not good.

Having said that, there are attempts that range from subtle to not-so-subtle to skirt the rules by posting a collection up here and then letting it be known it's for sale, without pricing, and all the transaction dialogue is done via PM. I am neither suggesting or endorsing that approach. In fact, I've always found it bold and shady. But hey, I'm just a member.

Even though you're a "junior" member to me, I'll heed your advice I only say that in jest, so please don't bend a 5649 over my head! I was not going to turn this into a sales ad. I don't want to part with it, but the "spark" just isn't there anymore it seems.

 

[d42jeep]

Only Plomb set I have.

I like the condition of your box. I can make out that some of the tools are dated 1941 and that would account for the box being red. Could you show more pictures of the tools, particularly the date codes if possible? I like that it has the paper label which I’ve been thinking about adding to mine. I wasn’t sure when they started using those. They changed box color to green during WW2 and went back to using red postwar.
-Don

 

[RTM]

Here is another find from today’s ES. This might appeal to the Plomb collectors. Box labeled
Plomb Streamlined Tools
12 only item No. 6 Contract W 535-AC-33176 Plomb Tools Contracting Co. Los Angeles, Calif.


Contains 3/16” 6 pt sockets, probably cadmium plated, each labeled WF-10 PLVMB. 8 are NIB, #9 looks used. Sorry, the individual sockets don’t photograph well, will try tomorrow in daylight.