Sorting through my tool inheritance

[whitetrash1]

Over the last few weeks I've been going bins of hand tools that were my grandfathers and working to get the rust off the salvageable ones. Luckily only a few have been too far gone.

Any as I'm sorting through I've been looking at brands and such. Most are very old craftsman, blackhawk, and sk. Then today I stumbled across this gem. I was really surprised to find anything snap on as my grandfather has always been fairly poor. Owned tons of tools I never expected to find any truck brands. Here's a pic of the snap on and some of the stuff I've been cleaning

 

[Stooge]

great stuff! i inherited a few cigar boxes of stuff from my grandfather (still living but at a retirement place) and while i wont say he was poor, closer to frugal. so i was very surprised when i found a handful of snap on 3/8 extensions, ratchet, a few combination wrenches and a good deal of proto/ fleet/ challenger stuff. full of surprises!

 

[cptn_zippy]

Nice stuff. I wound up with a snap-on ferret ratchet from my wife's grandfather after he died. He didn't have big bucks either, but I am guessing that he had an appreciation for nice tools. It skipped teeth, but a $10 rebuild kit fixed it up.

J

 

[Packard V8]

Some of those OEs are old school.

The S-O distributor wrench could be something he picked up randomly or it could be he needed it for a 1950-53 Pontiac or Studebaker car/truck he owned and paid the extortion for a new one.

Since I've got many Studebaker V8s, it now gives me something else to look for.

jack vines

 

[930dreamer]

Mac made wood handled screwdriver like those in the pic, have a closer look.

 

[duneslider]

When my wife's grandpa passed we went up to help clean the house out and while the "family" was all inside fighting over the "worthless **** inside" I asked if I could dig around the shed/garage and see if he had any screw drivers I could have. Anyway, I knew he had been a mechanic in the army and figured he knew a thing or two about tools. Needless to say, my tool collection increased greatly. A fair amount of old snap-on stuff but lots of good quality early craftsman stuff. Since he was old and all his vehicles were american made older stuff most the tools are SAE and doubles of what I have now, he didn't have much Metric stuff. I am guessing some of the old snap-on stuff was brought home from the army since it had govt serial numbers engraved in it.

Most of the "family" was just trying to get stuff they could sell on ebay and make a few bucks. My wife's uncle who was the executor of the estate asked what I was going to do with the tools, I said, "I would use them in my garage just like his dad and then when I was old, I would pass them on to one of my sons or grandsons."

 

[whitetrash1]

Some of those OEs are old school.

The S-O distributor wrench could be something he picked up randomly or it could be he needed it for a 1950-53 Pontiac or Studebaker car/truck he owned and paid the extortion for a new one.

Since I've got many Studebaker V8s, it now gives me something else to look for.

jack vines

Maybe for someone else's car. He was the definition of bleeding ford blue lol

Mac made wood handled screwdriver like those in the pic, have a closer look.

Good call. A few of them are

 

[kctyphoon]

I had those same exact screwdrivers years ago when my great uncle passed.. Unfortunately they have been lost/broken or thrown out by now..

 

[metalart]

nice stuff!

 

[whitetrash1]

Anyone know if it's safe to let the wood handles soak in vinegar?

 

[dakotart1984]

Those wood handled drivers look like grace's. If they are they should be made in Michigan. Did he ever work on guns?

 

[cowboy73]

I wouldn't soak them in vinegar. Vinegar is mostly water. Water wouldn't be good for the handles. It would cause them to swell, then when they dried out they could shrink and become loose. I would clean the rust off of the blades with a wire brush and the ferrules with some fine 0000 steel wool.

 

[steed andersen]

I can understand where you're coming from. Both of my Grandfathers left me tools and neither was rich by any means. Mostly craftsman SK,Thorsen but a real nice surprise when I turned up some Mac and SO.

 

[DieselSaves]

It's hard to tell from the photo but are either needle nosed pliers Snap On Vacuum Grips? I missed one in a wonder box and dad ended up with it. He still taunts me for having missed a vintage SO tool.