Today’ what are they?

[captain14]

Starting to go thru my father’s tools boxes. Found these 3 tools in one tool box. They are some sort of heating tool. I plugged one in and the tip was getting warm when I unplugged it. There is a tray in the somebody that looks like a rest to keep it off the work surface when hot.

The following info is on the collar on 2 or them.

Drake electric co 100 watts (left)


American electrical heating company
American Beauty 100 watts(right)

I am willing to bet it’s not a saw set.

Thanks in advance.

 

[ecotec]

Soldering irons… but, obviously, also saw sets.

 

[The Cobbler]

yup, old time soldering irons

 

[d42jeep]

On the left side of this picture are some that live in my Navy NAF toolbox.
-Don

 

[Old Man Roger]

The large one in the middle can retail for $400 or more.

 

[four.cycle]

Drake / Drake Electric Works, 3943 Lincoln Ave., Chicago IL / soldering irons / http://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2012/03/vanished-tool-makes-drake-electric.html / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-soldering-irons-drake.397060/ /

American / American Electrical Heater Co., Detroit, MI / "American Beauty" soldering iron, clothes iron / patent 1618444 Feb 22 1927 Frank Kuhn and Laurence H. Thomas /

(* multiple patents on clothes irons but I have to go on a parts run. )