Stanley 'Workmaster' Screwdrivers NOS?

[Burgerkong]

Never seen these before, going to pick up a few from a seller who just bought an old tool store warehouse, said he has 8000 brand new. LOVE THE GREEN CANDY HANDLES!

 

[davesnothere]

8000! I hope you snap a picture of that sight.

 

[WWIIjeep]

Yeah, a photo of 8000 of those would be impressive.

They're probably late 1980s or 1990s vintage. The packaging looks like that vintage anyway.

Workmaster screwdrivers were introduced by Stanley around 1970, and the early ones had dark smoked gray handles with yellow bands, like so:

I bought those two in 1978, and I guess 34 years is proof they're durable.

The handles have triangular grips. I really prefer square grips like old Snap-On, Par-X or Proto. The Workmaster grips aren't bad, but you should try it to see if you like it or not.

 

[jeffmoss26]

I have a workmaster 4 in 1, and a #1 Phillips. They are good tools, a green handled one would be neat to have!

 

[slob]

Tell that seller to get on here.

 

[Burgerkong]

Damn, seller wants me to buy a hundred of them at the minimum. Anyone up for screwdrivers? LOL

 

[rusty65]

I would buy some if they were cheap enough.

 

[WWIIjeep]

Damn, seller wants me to buy a hundred of them at the minimum. Anyone up for screwdrivers? LOL

No wonder he still has 8000 of them.

 

[Burgerkong]

LOL. He wants $80 for 100 or $4500 for 5000.

 

[slob]

Are they all the same screwdriver?

 

[X1 Mike]

LOL. He wants $80 for 100 or $4500 for 5000.

Are they all the same screwdriver or differnt styles (flat tip/phillips)?

Buy a couple hundred, I'm sure you could sell them here, if they were in sets I'd pay you $2.00 for a driver you paid $.80 for.

 

[Burgerkong]

Asking him now, don't want to make a trip only to find out he's selling me hundreds of the same sized slotted drivers haha.

 

[slob]

Any news on this? I'm in for $20 worth if they're not all identical.

 

[Burgerkong]

Negative, no replies to my calls or emails yet.

 

[davesnothere]

$80/100 or $4500/5000.
So the more you buy, the more they cost?
That doesn't make any sense.

 

[lbgradwell]

$80/100 or $4500/5000.
So the more you buy, the more they cost?
That doesn't make any sense.

Quite right.

The original posted price was actually:

1000- $1,000
5000- $4,500

He'll consider offers (of course) so if the OP was offered 100 for $80, I'm sure a larger amount would receive an even larger discount...

I also believe they will all be identical slotted drivers,

A second subsequent ad now says he's got 5000 so he's either sold off a pallet or two of the things to another wholesaler or there is a difficult-to-explain demand for slotted screwdrivers! I mean, who doesn't have a drawer full of slotted drivers already?

 

[Burgerkong]

Yeah that, so who's interested in 5000 slotted? He only has slotted. That's a lot of stock for one product...

 

[otis66]

Never seen these before, going to pick up a few from a seller who just bought an old tool store warehouse, said he has 8000 brand new. LOVE THE GREEN CANDY HANDLES!

I have a couple of old Craftsman screwdriver that look like that.

 

[hamma]

The handles on those screwdrivers were great - very comfortable, I like them better than the ergonomic ones they sell nowadays.

 

[melliott28]

At 80 cents apiece it might be worth buying a few for the handles and making some custom ratchet handles. Like on this thread:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=96359&highlight=custom+handled+ratchet&page=2

 

[slob]

That's exactly what I was thinking.

 

[Burgerkong]

He wants me to buy 100 minimum. Anyone want to split?

 

[slob]

I'm in for 25, if you're willing.

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Whatever happened with this?

 

[Burgerkong]

Guy didn't get back to me sadly.

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Guy didn't get back to me sadly.

sucky