And appealing just for how unusual it is. Some are more well known. The P&C, for example. They were all economy line.
Both of you are lucky that I didn't spot it first. I'd already have it home.Trust me, Sonny, Madjik Man was balking at a pawn shop price, and I PM'd him and told him to get himself back there immediately and talk them down! But before that sounds overly, sickeningly, self-congratulatingly selfless, you know, and he will confirm, that I did say if he wasn't interested, that I would buy it!
Major suckage on this cardboard set! I wouldn’t get too attached to this as these guys are sharks and you will probably be receiving multiple offers to purchase here rather shortly
Funny you mention the key. At first glance it certainly looks like a worthless hex key but it does have the Blackhawk model number nicely stamped into the handle.Nice snag, Horse! That's a cool set. The smaller sets are much less common than the larger ones, in my experience. And on the subject of that particular release key, I often wonder how many are left behind or overlooked as weird hex keys or offset Allen wrenches etc. The other release, with the forged handle, and the name on it, is more known and harder to miss.
Excellent, thank you for the information! I was able to find it in the catalog. It looks like they offered 3 versions of the 10pc set, one in Whitworth, one in Metric (that has to be rare!), and one in US Standard. The set I found appears to be the US Standard set and thankfully is complete
I happened to find one socket down in the basement on a work bench, the cross bar and a socket in the top of the tool chest I bought, and the rest of the set on a bottom shelf in the garage. Can't believe I managed to come home will all the pieces. I'll post some photos once I have a chance to clean it up.Picked up this old socket set today with most of the pieces there. The label inside the lid says "OK Wrenches" Set No. OK-10. I cant seem to find this series on AA or in the catalogs. Is anyone familiar with the time period that this would have been offered?
By the time the 1930's rolled around "OK" was a very common and popular American catch phrase for expressing satisfaction and positivity. Someone or something being alright (and "all right" is not that far removed form "all correct"). I think the use of "OK" or "okay" to indicate some kind of middling, moderate quality (not bad, not good) is relatively modern. In other words, it was funny the first time it came up here, and it was funny again this time, but at the time these sets were made, I don't think it would've seemed funny at all. Remember, it was a very American term, for an American set of tools explicitly being sold in England.
I believe my line was, "They're not great. They're not bad, either."
The truth, though, if anyone cares, is that the original definition of "O.K." was not a synonym for merely sufficient on a spectrum between terrible and superlative. In 1839 it was a sarcastic inside joke among some of the copy editors at the Boston Morning Post who would jot down "Oll Korrect" (instead of "All Correct") in the margins of a text they were proofreading. It got shortened to "O.K." and spread to other papers and circles from there.
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It's possible, although I don't ever recall seeing it in a stateside catalog or period ads.
The contrast you make here got my attention. The BA 38 catalog clearly makes it seem as if the "OK" line moniker was all about the finish. They call it "satin", and they say it's "buffed and polished". So I am assuming it's not chromed. That was a very common practice across the industry, to create an entire lower price line version of the same tools by simply using a finish other than chrome-plating. Cadmium. Or enameled. Not to put too fine a point on this in prelude, but the BA 38 catalog page headers for the "OK" section literally read, 'Blackhawk "OK" Finish Wrenches in Sets'.
