Spreading the Bonney affliction!

[Mikeske]

I used the image oldtuleguy posted and used Photoshop to change the color scheme to match my old logo. I ordered a label/decal but had to buy a whole sheet worth. If anyone needs this style just let me know.

I sent you a private message. I DO want a couple of them please.

 

[LesserSon]

If it was just a little earlier, with the older logo oval decals (like the flip-top boxes that JjKk and I have from some short postwar transitional period of old logos on red boxes...), I can promise you gents that I would be on my way to Whitehall to grossly overpay for it.

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This bad boy is illustrated on pp5 & 6 of the 1947 catalog, but described as tan crackle. So I guess red must be 1948 or 1949.
Buffalo is a bit farther than Whitehall. Even launching from my parents’ place in the twin tiers, it’s a day trip.

 

[LesserSon]

 

[RTM]

Keeping an eye on precious cargo in the rear of the vehicle.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

HAHA! "Best offered accepted"...and on its very short trip from Whitehall to A-town!

 

[jwilson645]

Found this one in my dad's stuff of "junk".

 

[Mikeske]

Old Bonney 1035 wrench found. Anybody interested

 

[JjKk40]

Glad you got it man!!! Friggin awesome score!!!

 

[JjKk40]

2 new grabs off the bay. 1 is a wartime brown 1/4" dr box and the other is another wartime brown box but its different! It has been a thorn in my side for over a year! I was listed for very expensive for a long time. I sent him an offer out of the blue and he lowered the price significantly and I pulled the trigger! Its in great shape and it a box for the "p" series drain plug sockets. The inside sticker is going as it does not belong. The water decal on the front is in excellent shape! Now to find the correct sockets to fill it which i have only 1! I wanted the 1/4" box for my wartime ratchet and drive tools as right now they sit in a spray bombed wrong box Hahaa! Hahaa! Here they are...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It's a barrage of Bonney boxes in here lately!

 

[JjKk40]

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This bad boy is illustrated on pp5 & 6 of the 1947 catalog, but described as tan crackle. So I guess red must be 1948 or 1949.
Buffalo is a bit farther than Whitehall. Even launching from my parents’ place in the twin tiers, it’s a day trip.

If I didn't have the earlier black 1936ish AA2 then I would try and grab that one!

 

[JjKk40]

It's a barrage of Bonney boxes in here lately!

Lugz heres the label on my 9/32 drive set and my 3/8 set of I believe late 20's/early 30's era! Not sure if you put it on your chart?

 

[JjKk40]

Red crackle in my 1950 catalog...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Not sure if you put it on your chart?

No. There are several of these kinds of brandings, a few of them just associated with CV (think of the little stickers that are on every single wrench shank, for instance) that fell below the 'include' line, if only because it's space limited.

All the box finish talk gave me an idea though. I can use different colors on one of the timelines or insert a new timeline to show how they went from black to tan to red, which I laid out on this post here.

 

[LesserSon]

After work today, I gave the CC5 roller a pretty good cleaning with mineral spirits and WD40. There was really only one bad patch of rust, on the bottom shelf - you can see the dark spots in the second photo. That logo is fragile - especially the cream pigment - some of it came off on my shirt when I carried it, and then more when I wiped over it. Beware!
The MB76 got just a quick wipedown today, but I can see that the two logos are not identical (particularly the weight of the “TOOLS” part), and the one on the MB76 is less flakey.
I think they must be lithographed on after the crackle paint.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Sweet! You needed one of those.

 

[Ricky Joe]

After work today, I gave the CC5 roller a pretty good cleaning with mineral spirits and WD40. There was really only one bad patch of rust, on the bottom shelf - you can see the dark spots in the second photo. That logo is fragile - especially the cream pigment - some of it came off on my shirt when I carried it, and then more when I wiped over it. Beware!
The MB76 got just a quick wipedown today, but I can see that the two logos are not identical (particularly the weight of the “TOOLS” part), and the one on the MB76 is less flakey.
I think they must be lithographed on after the crackle paint.

I believe Huot made that bottom box. Maybe top box, also, but certainly the roller.

 

[Mikeske]

I found a interesting 7/16" Bon-E-Con ZEB14 today in my thrift store shopping. I never seen a outline Bon-E-Con in what appears to have never been used before.

 

[davethorik]

found today at an estate sale. roughly 12-3/8" oal.
Bonney Vise & Tool Works Allentown PA USA
No. 2-1/2 Crocodile ? (hard to read this side, double struck letters)

 

[LesserSon]

Yes, “CROCODILE” to compete with Alligator pipe wrenches. Page 47 of the 1919 catalog shows six sizes, from 9” to 27” OAL.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...to compete with Alligator pipe wrenches

Because even though we use the term very freely for all wrenches of this type today, back in the day, Roebling owned the trademark and guarded it as ferociously as a big Florida golf course water hazard reptile. Just to round out LS's info.

 

[LesserSon]

Picked up a few Bonney items this morning at Jake’s Flea. The 209 is 1-7/8” date code GO (Jul1937). The amber handle screwdriver was free! 6’ tape rule is the first I’ve found. The 183 (date code indistinct - maybe ?N 1936) fills a gap in the TuHex collection I’ve been working on (though it doesn’t actually have “TuHex” on it). The wood screwdriver has all the tells of a Bonney-branded one, but the usual lightly-stamped logo is gone.

 

[JjKk40]

2 new grabs off the bay. 1 is a wartime brown 1/4" dr box and the other is another wartime brown box but its different! It has been a thorn in my side for over a year! I was listed for very expensive for a long time. I sent him an offer out of the blue and he lowered the price significantly and I pulled the trigger! Its in great shape and it a box for the "p" series drain plug sockets. The inside sticker is going as it does not belong. The water decal on the front is in excellent shape! Now to find the correct sockets to fill it which i have only 1! I wanted the 1/4" box for my wartime ratchet and drive tools as right now they sit in a spray bombed wrong box Hahaa! Hahaa! Here they are...

So now that I've come to investigate more on this small box it dosnt resemble any of the "K" series drain plug socket sets in any of the catalogs i have. Im now wondering if it is somewhat of a bigger, master set of those bushing install tools? It has a small compartment in the front which could be for the bar that holds the different bushing installer pieces. I took off that tacky, wrong inside sticker as well! Lol! Anyone have any ideas on what this box was for? Oh and I believe it should be, roughly 1939-1946/7ish????

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Looks like drain plug set I have

 

[Private Lugnutz]

it dosnt resemble any of the "K" series drain plug socket sets in any of the catalogs i have.

It's in the 1941. Bottom of page 47. The extension and the cross bar that comprise the "T handle" are out of that front compartment, which you can't see anyway due to the angle, and resting on the lid. Probably not shown in the severely abbreviated 1946.

I took off that tacky, wrong inside sticker as well!

Do you mean "tacky" as in sticky? Or "tacky" as in aesthetically displeasing? You're right, it wasn't correct for the color of the box, and seems grossly oversized for the size of the box, but I am curious about how it got on there. Was it a repro? Is someone making a modern repro of that very late 40's and 50's decal? Could Bonney have slapped that on an older box in the very late 40's? Or are you thinking a PO did that? Don't get me wrong, it would've bugged me, too. But it is curious.

 

[Ricky Joe]

Looks like drain plug set I have

That bottom left socket is for Chevrolet brakes. Did it come with the drain set? Seems to fit nicely. That is a nice set. Mine is Indestro and has been well-used.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

No I am missing the 7/16 square socket so stuck that in
there!

Here is a dayton set, has pre zip code label so I think early 60s

 

[JjKk40]

Looks like drain plug set I have

Wow! I guess it is and wowowww! Of course you have the most awesome, cleanest set there is of one!!!

 

[JjKk40]

Do you mean "tacky" as in sticky? Or "tacky" as in aesthetically displeasing? You're right, it wasn't correct for the color of the box, and seems grossly oversized for the size of the box, but I am curious about how it got on there. Was it a repro? Is someone making a modern repro of that very late 40's and 50's decal? Could Bonney have slapped that on an older box in the very late 40's? Or are you thinking a PO did that? Don't get me wrong, it would've bugged me, too. But it is curious.
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Yes, exactly! Like tacky, as you say aestetically displeasing for sure! Like it was out in left field and didn't belong there. Maybe Bonney toolboxes or maybe some tools customers bought came with stickers as a promotion or something and someone ended up placing it on there? My guess is Bonney would have put on a smaller sticker from the ? But I guess it isn't out of the question that maybe it was a leftover box and Bonney used it years later as they were known to do with certain tools.??? Ill message the seller and see if I can get any history on the box

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I repainted and cleaned it up but was lucky to find one largely complete. They must have made it for a long time as my sockets are all of the old old cv variety.

 

[Mr.Ric]

more barrage of BONNEY boxes









All have been well used.
The 1/4 box is still in use in my truck.
I know, all Snap~on except for the fat Wright ratchet,

Coolest Logo of all.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

All have been well used.

Dooood! You been holding out on us in a major way!

The 1/4 box is still in use in my truck.

I have the earlier 9/32-inch drive set in that same midget box. Maybe you commented earlier on that and I missed it.

Coolest Logo of all.

Agreed! (But I'm having label scratch-and-dent cringes just thinking about them getting banged around in your truck!

BUT - what I want to ask the most is the other box. The long skinny one. Pic 1. Is that a 3/8-drive box?
I have been looking for one for my box-less Bonney 3/8-inch tools. Do you have a Bonney set inside it?

 

[Mr.Ric]

1/2 and it's empty

 

[Mr.Ric]

maybe more like 3/4

 

[bonneyman]

Yowza!

 

[Mikeske]

There stickers are on

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Looks good!

 

[Mikeske]

I should say thanks to Davefr for the stickers they are much appreciated

 

[vintagetoolhoarder]

Picked up this postwar No. K-1 magnetic holder (see Pics 1 & 2) from wrenchguy in a trade for a 1920's BKLYN logo Williams spark plug wrench. I've got a few longer ones (Blue-Point and Duro), but this one is really cute. I'm going to keep it in my No. VS5 Extra Small Socket and Tool Set, where it fits nice and snugly (see Pics 3 & 4) - and appropriately, too, as a later production alternative/back-up to the miniature mechanical No. K-4 holder (see Pics 3 & 5) these sets came with in the 30's. 1951 catalog excerpt in Pic 6.

I found a k1 a few week’s ago in a rem line toolbox I bought nice!

 

[JjKk40]

Grabbed this catalog #138 online and it came with a dealer price list, blank order sheet and a sweet letter from Bonney. All in great shape! I'm slowly filling in years of catalogs that I didn't have. I have most from 1934 through 41 then skips a few through 40's and 50's....