Show your "Long C" Craftsman!
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Smokeshow69
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Thanks! I love old consumables like this because you don’t often find them. In the display case/ museum they go!
twistedstang
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Heres my near mint 1949 catalog I picked up a few weeks back.
JoCoSawdust
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It's the Hoot Mon!!!!
Oldtuleguy
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That is in awesome condition!
twistedstang
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My 1941 catalog. Not quite as mint as the last one I posted but still really nice.
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Old Radar
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^^^ Dang doodlers! I'm surprised they didn't give the guy on the cover a mustache, Van **** and glasses!
Private Lugnutz
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Having 1972 party flashbacks! (Cue the outstanding Savoy Brown remake of the Howlin' Wolf song Koko Taylor made famous...)
Yeah, some guys just never grow up!
Beerhippie
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It not always about you!
Old Radar
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Having 1972 party flashbacks! (Cue the outstanding Savoy Brown remake of the Howlin' Wolf song Koko Taylor made famous...)
Yeah, some guys just never grow up!
Snerk!
I laughed out loud when I saw your artwork!
Zrxrunner
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Today's find. Had to rummage through tote, while herding a 2.5 year old girl through an estate sale full of 
ornaments at her level!!! Lol. Found breaker bar, then spotted case, then picked all the sockets to complete. Last piece spotted....the long lost breaker bar tee spinner!! Woot! Case isn't long c, but all the tools are. Circle H. All for $4!!
ornaments at her level!!! Lol. Found breaker bar, then spotted case, then picked all the sockets to complete. Last piece spotted....the long lost breaker bar tee spinner!! Woot! Case isn't long c, but all the tools are. Circle H. All for $4!!Attachments
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Private Lugnutz
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I laughed out loud the whole time I was doing it!
The case isn't fully Heritage though, either, I don't think. The late 40's was a very weird period for them.
Zrxrunner
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And I'm pretty sure I have an extension here somewhere to match...now to find where I put it...
d42jeep
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Today's find. Had to rummage through tote, while herding a 2.5 year old girl through an estate sale full of
Nice find! Here is my Circle H set.
-Don
Zrxrunner
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Ah, nice! Just saw 2 of those ratchets in the stash while I was cleaning the shop last night. One has a new home. Thanks D42
JoCoSawdust
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And now we know how individual bits were packaged for sale. Three of these are in remarkable condition.
Smokeshow69
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Those are in amazing shape! Such a nice find!And now we know how individual bits were packaged for sale. Three of these are in remarkable condition.
Zrxrunner
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wrenchguy
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before long c, not sears, but craftsman. i can't find the history about sears craftsman name coming about.
four.cycle
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Cushman / Cushman Co., 602 So. Neil St., Champaign, IL / ca. 1917-1922 / "Craftsman" tools /
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(* this one needs its own thread. this is the wrong place for it. *)
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Private Lugnutz
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Merry Flippin' Christmas! That's a fantastic find, Mike. It's curious why the pre-Sears, Roebuck & Co. "Craftsman" stuff isn't more popular with early pre-Long C Sears, Roebuck & Co. collectors just for the novelty.
No dedicated thread, but some extensive Marion-Craftsman Company and Cushman "Craftsman" talk in scattered threads... including this one...
Craftsman Ford
In 45 years of avidly noticing Ford wrenches, I have never seen another one of these.
www.garagejournal.com
Sears buying the name has come up elsewhere, and probably this very thread, but I don't remember where.
Smokeshow69
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Holy ****! That’s a stupendous find! Have you looked into what that tool panel held?before long c, not sears, but craftsman. i can't find the history about sears craftsman name coming about.
wrenchguy
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*** aa has liddle bit. thx.Craftsman Ford
In 45 years of avidly noticing Ford wrenches, I have never seen another one of these.
Sears buying the name has come up elsewhere, and probably this very thread, but I don't remember where.
wrenchguy
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its got early wrench part numbers on it.... i think b4 sae decision to standardize.. not sure timing all that stuff... i'm trying to find about cushman c-tools logo if there is any. thx.
wrenchguy
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i assume trademark logo is the tilted square as shown in this illustration lugtz posted sometime ago in his above posted link. thx.
four.cycle
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Cushman Company, Champaign, IL / Cushman Auto Tools Company, Champaign, IL / Craftsman thread
(* no dedicated thread yet on Marion * 12/24/24 13:38 PST *)
(* no dedicated thread yet on Marion * 12/24/24 13:38 PST *)
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twistedstang
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I had a 1941 power tool catalog show up today. I love the inside cover!
Smokeshow69
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Ohh, early production b17. Very niceI had a 1941 power tool catalog show up today. I love the inside cover!
jywilli69
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This is what started me "collecting tools" for the sake of collecting most of 45 years back
I had a few, liked them and how old they were, and pulled them out of user circulation as I replaced them. I didn't much care about matched sets back then. I had a wallet sized card with sizes on the X and drives sizes, length for deeps, and point counts on the Y and was only concerned I had as comlplete a set as possible for every size use, - in a quality brand.
d42jeep
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I found this partial Circle H set at a Berkeley sale in 2016. I resold them for a very slight profit. If I found them now I would clean them up and complete the set.
-Don
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I started thinking about changing my Craftsman Collection April 2024. I figured hand tools were much lighter than wood working machines. I wanted to learn to restore and do woodworking. Just didn’t have the time, money, or patience to restore and do woodworking. I sold my machines and gave away the ones that didn’t sell. I started with a PLOMBS Tools 9/32” drive socket set. Only missing T-Bar and a NUT Driver. Wife got the Craftsman Circle H Set with my help picking it on eBay for Christmas. This has been more fun collecting and cleaning these old tools.
jywilli69
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I got my first Craftsman Circle H partial set when I was in Colorado. I was more focused on buying old woodworking Craftsman machines than thinking about hand tools. I wish I didn’t make that mistake sold them. I had the female ratchet along with the plug. Maybe I will get lucky enough and find another one.I found this partial Circle H set at a Berkeley sale in 2016. I resold them for a very slight profit. If I found them now I would clean them up and complete the set.
-Don