S&K tool box

[LeonardY]

Cleaning and sorting some of my tools. I inherited this S&K tool box from my sister-in-law's Uncle. The box end wrenches and the 1/4 inch sockets were missing but everything else was in there. Including the catalog and the receipt. It's dated 5/5/1955 and he paid $86. I'm using it to store all my sockets and wrenches.

Leonard

 

[mayhemman]

that is very awesome! id love to have that set to add to my own toolkit

 

[sscustom]

thats a cool box

 

[kfainf]

Great box! Very cool!

 

[twangnut]

Congrats, pretty sweet inheritance.

 

[LeonardY]

Thanks guys. It was a sad day cleaning up the farm. It was 100+ degrees and we worked all day. My sister-in-laws parents kept on giving me tools saying Uncle Tom would want me to have them. Just before we knocked off. My brother came out of the shed loaded the tool box in my truck. All he said was "Here. Farm tools." I didn't even know what was in the box. He's a good brother.

 

[eborcim]

Nice!

 

[lilredex]

What an absolute goldmine you have there!! I missed your posting first time around.

Thank-you for posting that S-K catalogue. The oldest catalogue I have is from 1969 (#91509) and of course no longer has any pricing. But, it shows the expanded line of punches, wrenches, pliers and some tool boxes over its 44 pages.

From your catalogue, I see my 1/4" drive set #4098 that I purchased new in 1954 and have posted pictures of it many times here. It is priced at $8.50...I remember paying $8 for mine. For anyone missing their cross bar for their breaker bar, you can order it from that catalogue.......17 cents, Ha Ha.

 

[JohnDeere1]

Nice is it SK Wayne by chance?

 

[bimmer630]

JUST S-K by the way. Its not S&K officially. Cool little box

 

[bimmer630]

Whats with the plier-grip style ratchet in there?

 

[sk farmer]

Whats with the plier-grip style ratchet in there?

it is a crick-it ratchet. grip the handle and it turns. push the anvil through the other side to reverse.

 

[HanShotFirst]

That tool box is off the hook awesome!!! Color me jealous dood.

 

[bimmer630]

Yeah I assumed, but Who makes (made?) them?

 

[Richard Cranium]

What a great gift. I would love to have that tool set. Rich

 

[txvwnut]

I usually don’t get too excited about a toolbox but with the history and still having the original tools that’s damn cool right there.

 

[kythri]

Very nice! Looks almost identical to one I picked up about 4-5 years ago:

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2895897&postcount=3

Though, mine didn't come with a load of swanky tools in it!

Nice score!

 

[Empty Pockets]

Great box!!! Over the last couple of years, I've become a really big fan of SK. Great box & tools

 

[Schurkey]

Yeah I assumed, but Who makes (made?) them?

S-K?

 

[LeonardY]

Old catalogs are fun. I can't post the other old magazines we found in the shed.
Glad the catalog helped.

 

[LeonardY]

Yeah I assumed, but Who makes (made?) them?

The company is called "Crick it"

 

[bonneyman]

Very nice box indeed!

 

[lincwelder225]

Sorry to hear about your sister in laws uncle.. Glad the super cool tools and box found their way to a good home instead of a scrap pile.

I would be interested in seeing more of that cricket ratchet, either a video of it in use or at least some more pics!

 

[SuperCat]

Nothing like premium American Iron in the toolbox - and that box is sweet, too.
Amazing to see the receipt. Just wow. Those tools have been kicking @ss for over 60 years, now it is your turn to continue the family tradition. Glad you got them.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Wow, that is cool!

 

[LeonardY]

Thanks for your thoughts.
My sister-in-law is wonderful.My brother has been married for 30+ years and his inlaws have welcomed us like we were born into the family.
I've tried to use the ratchet a couple of times. If the bolt is on tight it isn't easy to break free. It works ok to speed getting a bolt on and off if you have limited room to crank a ratchet.
Best to you and yours as well.