SK Diamond 1/4" socket set, w/ Artisan?

[augustus]

I was at an estate sale and picked up this nice little SK Diamond 1/4" ratchet set. I thought it was interesting that it had an Artisan ratchet (nice action) in there instead of the 40970 which I am assuming is what it normally came with. Does anyone know what all should be in this set?

It had a bunch of other non-SK sockets in there too, MAC, Snap-ON, Williams, C-Man. It was a strange grouping of sockets. I'm going to take a couple more pictures of those, but what I thought was really interesting was that the one MAC socket was very much like an SK socket, but I can't find anything about it on the internet.

 

[sumner52000]

I think the artisan ratchets were made by SK.

 

[augustus]

Yes, they definitely were, although alloy artifacts only talks about the 1/2" ratchet on their site

 

[bonneyman]

The gear assembly for the standard S-K roundhead should fit that style Artisan like a glove. I agree the 1/4" version of the Artisan is a rare one.

 

[woody 73]

Darn Augustus did I miss an estate sale?

Somewhere I have that same ratchet only marked with the Mac name.

 

[ganymede]

My set is from the same time period and has the same pieces except that it's got the regular diamond logo ratchet. I think your set is complete.

 

[augustus]

ganymede, thanks for the info that makes my day! I thought I might be missing a socket or one of those green drivers.

Woody, it was up not too far from the hoover dam, kind of far for me, but they had a couple things my friend was interested in. I recognized the SK box immediately, it was packed with stuff as you'll see from the next pics I upload. I'll show mercy and not mention what i paid, but even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then

 

[ganymede]

ganymede, thanks for the info that makes my day! I thought I might be missing a socket or one of those green drivers.
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If it did come with a driver handle it would have been either black (earlier) or yellow.

 

[augustus]

Here are the other sockets stuffed in there (the SK was already shown). Are Walden sockets any good, I've never heard of them. The SK 7/16 and MAC 7/16 look pretty damn similar, but I've found no information of that connection.

 

[ganymede]

Wow you ain't kidding, that Mac n the SK are real close.
Anyway, I haven't used a ton of Walden stuff but what I have has always worked for me and it seems to be a respected brand here on GJ too.

 

[vssjim]

I have a couple of 3/8 ratchets like those and I also think the set came that way and is most likely complete.

 

[oak_park]

Nice set. I'd bet it would bring 50.00 to 100.00 on Ebay. Hard to find.

 

[toolmiser]

I have a set like that bought by my father, the price is written in grease pencil on the top for $2.98 (if I can read it correctly).

The set I have never included a ratchet. It does have a yellow handled screwdriver like handle for sockets (sorry about the terminology).

 

[augustus]

vssjim, so those sets brand new had the artisan ratchet in it?

toolmiser, that's interested that it didn't start out with a ratchet, do you happen to have a picture of the yellow driver? I've searched for quite a bit and haven't found a pic of one, lots of green though!

 

[vssjim]

On Alloy Artifacts they show sets with a Artisan ratchet but all other parts are SK with just a sticker for Artisan. So I can see how this set could have come just like you see it with a different ratchet and all other stuff SK as the Artisan fad did not seem to last very long.

 

[augustus]

vssjim, it took quite a bit of searching, but I found a picture of the driver you mention, is this it?