Powerful Pete screwdriver

[alton1911]

I like finding the unexpected when I am digging through buckets of sockets. But today I found a “Powerful Pete” pocket screwdriver complete with a four leaf clover on one side and an image of Pete on the other. I like it. How many of you have one and do you carry it?





Thanks in advance,
alton1911

 

[bonneyman]

I have a Craftsman one like that. It has come in handy a few times.

 

[Ajkru944]

What's awesome

 

[Richard Cranium]

not me, I try to carry very little in my pockets.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Never seen one before, but I like it.

 

[Farmer J.]

I have a John Deere one, it came free with a couple of tractors...

 

[Millwrong]

Here's a picture of mine. I got it from my father, and I know he still has more of them somewhere.

As you can see, it was made the the H.C. Cook Co.

http://nec-sia.org/pdf/Cooks Dam.pdf

In that link, it states they were founded in 1896 and bought out in 1984.


The most in-depth discussion I could find about these was here:

https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,12943.0.html



The discussion included this link, showing a powerful Pete advertised in a 1932 issue of Popular Mechanics! (Page 139, bottom right)

https://books.google.ca/books?id=fv...1xPy5DQ&sqi=2&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false