Show your "Long C" Craftsman!

[Private Lugnutz]

If you still have the set

You're lucky I got pissed off at eBay and I haven't been flipping anything lately.

could you take a pic of the inside label so we can read it

Sure thing.



Made by Greenfield Tap and Die for sure. The red label is exactly like the GTD sets, in color, text, layout, etc, and all the taps are marked "O.K." which is GTD branding. Just like some of the socket sets from the same era, where it's not at all uncommon to find a New Britain piece mixed in to the set, one of the dies is marked /G\T/D\. It's funny how they didn't try to hard to re-brand it for them, using the same plain font on the label, and even putting the CRAFTSMAN name in quotes, which is where their in-house "O.K." branding would be.

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

Thanks so much. They are amazing

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

And yea I’m very glad you got pissed off at ebay

 

[rustyedge1]

Long tail C with N code, any info on date and maker ?

 

[d42jeep]

I don’t know the significance of the N marking on your wrench but I have some newer wrenches with N markings. The V might indicate that the wrench was supplied by Moore Drop Forge.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Long tail C with N code, any info on date and maker ?

The subject of the "N" codes hasn't come up in quite some time, but if memory serves, it was never resolved definitively. It's not an OEM code, though. The "CI" on your wrench is thought to be the OEM code, for Billings.

 

[Jnevill]

Here is my meager collection of Long Tails…

 

[3baygarage]

Nice. Fun to see all this stuff.

This pocket level surfaced the other day while looking for something.

The table is level too!

 

[d42jeep]

We found a pretty good haul of Long C Craftsman tools at a Gardnerville, NV estate sale yesterday morning. My wife spotted the 1/4” drive tools which came with two ratchet plugs which I almost never see. I’ll be spending today going through them and doing some cleanup.
-Don

 

[Smokeshow69]

We found a pretty good haul of Long C Craftsman tools at a Gardnerville, NV estate sale yesterday morning. My wife spotted the 1/4” drive tools which came with two ratchet plugs which I almost never see. I’ll be spending today going through them and doing some cleanup.
-Don

Dang Don, that’s a good haul of the early stuff. Those amber handle saws were sold with the deluxe amber handle big set. To find 2 drive plugs is also pretty neat. Great find!

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

We found a pretty good haul of Long C Craftsman tools at a Gardnerville, NV estate sale yesterday morning. My wife spotted the 1/4” drive tools which came with two ratchet plugs which I almost never see. I’ll be spending today going through them and doing some cleanup.
-Don

Are those 3/4 drive tool circle K?

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

Here is my meager collection of Long Tails…

I like the needle file set

 

[Outlawmws]

I like the needle file set

The Files are cool; but I like the hatchet.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Are those 3/4 drive tool circle K?

I thought the extensions and t handles were not marked? Or was this the BM tools? Now I can’t remember

 

[ratcheted]

I thought the extensions and t handles were not marked? Or was this the BM tools? Now I can’t remember

Earliest Craftsman 3/4 only had CRAFTSMAN in block script, no BM or circle K markings.

 

[d42jeep]

These are Long C marked BM and look very S-K like including the two detent balls on the drives.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

Here are more of the Long C tools from yesterday. The reason the BE 1/4” drive ratchet had two plugs is that some of the sockets were 3/8” drive and the others 1/4” drive.
-Don
I added the BE 1/2” drive tools to the others.
Some pictures of the hacksaw.

 

[d42jeep]

Here are the CI marked wrenches that came along with the other Long C tools.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

I decided to do some renovation on the rusty hacksaw. It took some work to loosen the screws holding the handles. It will never look new but it looks better. After finishing I took some comparison shots with my Millers Falls hacksaw.
-Don

 

[Old Radar]

Serious family resemblance--one a redhead the other a blond!

 

[TexTJ209]

Anybody near Pennsylvania? Got a lead on a fairly rare Craftsman machinery related item. Too far from me but figured I'd pass it on. Shoot me a message if so.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Anybody near Pennsylvania? Got a lead on a fairly rare Craftsman machinery related item. Too far from me but figured I'd pass it on. Shoot me a message if so.

Of course it’s in Pennsylvania . It’s almost laughable the amount of good stuff that pa has that is considered commonplace

 

[TexTJ209]

Of course it’s in Pennsylvania . It’s almost laughable the amount of good stuff that pa has that is considered commonplace

Always lol. I see stuff I'd kill for go for pennies on the dollar at auctions in the NE. One of these days I'm gonna get brave enough to start using uship or something

 

[Smokeshow69]

Always lol. I see stuff I'd kill for go for pennies on the dollar at auctions in the NE. One of these days I'm gonna get brave enough to start using uship or something

We whine about PA on the cman fb page and I will whine about it here as well

 

[bmwrd0]

Ohio and Michigan, too.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Ohio and Michigan, too.

True, but for whatever reason, PA usually has more top shelf stuff than any other state… at least for craftsman long c in my opinion

 

[Outlawmws]

Smokestack industry workers bought more tools than the average guy, and throe states had huge concentrations of them. Simple math.

 

[Steven 33]

Here's a pretty cool 3/8 drive BE set. Really fighting the urge to get back into collecting craftsman so that being said. Although not really for sale I would try my best to part with it if someone does really want it to maybe fill a series or something and sends me an offer or something in private messages. I'm really not super knowledgeable about craftsman but this set doesn't seem to be very common since I still haven't seen another one in my searches.

 

[Steven 33]

Someone lucked out big time

 

[Smokeshow69]

Someone lucked out big time

Yup that’s from June. Someone ***** big time

 

[TexTJ209]

Bump for anybody in/near Pennsylvania. This is at an estate auction near there. PM me for the link. No relation to the sale, but I've only ever seen one other of these cabinets...needs to go to someone who appreciates it

Comes with a lovely late 30s Atlas Craftsman saw as well, ha.

 

[Outlawmws]

That saw is a very nice saw as well!

 

[TexTJ209]

That saw is a very nice saw as well!

They really are! I have one. And they're freakin heavy!

 

[Smokeshow69]

They really are! I have one. And they're freakin heavy!

Ok seriously… the tool stand cabinet. Where we not just talking about PA

 

[genog]

Rarely, have I ever left behind a vintage Long C Craftsman hand tool when found at GS's, ES's, FM's, et al
Maybe never......

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

Someone lucked out big time

Brian Riley just told me about this today. He was thinking I may have bought it. Wasn’t me. I would be flaunting that buy. Unreal

 

[Smokeshow69]

Brian Riley just told me about this today. He was thinking I may have bought it. Wasn’t me. I would be flaunting that buy. Unreal

Ha ha. I sent him a picture and said it was probably you who bought it. Guess I was wrong

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

The Long C font continued well into the 50s on a ton of different items. The printing on these did change around a bit, but I'm sure of the exact ranges.

For reference, here's my 1954ish torch kit with Long C items aplenty.

My goodness what a nice set

 

[Cruzan80]

Found this a couple of weeks ago. One flap is torn off (shown in the pic), but otherwise NOS, still all the original cardboard. Figured I would use it for decoration, unless someone else wants it.

Haven't looked up age yet.

 

[mgmlvks]

From my fav store today. Long-C