Vintage New Britain tools ,need some details

[Faisal]

hi everybody


i bought these tools since few days and they are on the way to me

i will clean it and i will post it again

1-Vintage New Britain Box Offset Wrench Set No. 756
2-New Britain R-50 Wrench
3-New Britain NS4916 stud extractor 1/2" drive
4-NEW BRITAIN 3/4" SWIVEL SOCKET. 3/8" DRIVE NBF24. 2" OAL. 6 POINT
5-New Britain 3/4" Socket Wrench 18" long NH-42

and i need to know when they were produced? scratchhead
because all these tools dose not have patent number even in home.comcast.net patent number not mentioned ,that is why its difficult to me to find the manufacture date or catalogs

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[Pumpman1968]

I have a 1/2" drive breaker bar with the same handle. There is a picture and some member comments about age here..........

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=277603

 

[Faisal]

I have a 1/2" drive breaker bar with the same handle. There is a picture and some member comments about age here..........

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=277603

that breaker bar i think its belong to the same set ,very nice bar

the new britain tools are very interested tools but difficult to get the history
thank you

 

[d.mcfarland]

Couple of links to history info:

https://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/newbritain-nonebetter.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Britain_Machine_Company

 

[BFBOB]

Thanks for the links, d.mcfarland. I collect Penncraft, so I knew about the New Britain connection there, but according to Wiki, they also made tools for Sears and Wards! I call that a tool *****!

 

[stage20]

What did they make for sears and wards?