Vintage S-K Tools

[d42jeep]

How about one of these boxes?
-Don

 

[piehammer]

Picked up on Sunday at an estate sale, very clean.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

How about one of these boxes?

I believe that's the one I have. Pretty sure we talked about it and I posted it before. Can't find it searching thread on 'tackle' or 'general utility' though.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Don That's the only S-K box I found yesterday searching for tackle boxes using Google. I grew up fishing and certainly never saw ANY tackle box with compartments like those. If S-K sold that as a tackle box I'm thinking somebody in marketing found a new niche to sell a specialty box. But what the heck do I know?

Edit: I also told Lugz I'd never seen a S-K tackle box but I have seen one of those posted here. I just didn't realize that might have been the box he was referring to.

 

[honza.vosalik]

Some of these SK sockets sets you guys are posting these are really cool. I almost completed mine, still missing the extension.

 

[JjKk40]

I believe that's the one I have. Pretty sure we talked about it and I posted it before. Can't find it searching thread on 'tackle' or 'general utility' though.

26 gauge steel! Lol! I have a tackle box I bought on the way, its taking forever, but the sheet steel is so flimsy on these and the box I just posted a few comments up. 26 guage is wayyy to thin. They should have atleaset bent a design in the metal to strengthen it. I also have a few Utilico and Union boxes of the same guage steel, same issue.

 

[mogandave]

26 gauge steel! Lol! I have a tackle box I bought on the way, its taking forever, but the sheet steel is so flimsy on these and the box I just posted a few comments up. 26 guage is wayyy to thin. They should have atleaset bent a design in the metal to strengthen it. I also have a few Utilico and Union boxes of the same guage steel, same issue.

The specs look odd. 26ga weighs less that a pound per square foot, yet the shipping weight of the boxes are 26 & 35 pounds.

 

[Username already in use]

The specs look odd. 26ga weighs less that a pound per square foot, yet the shipping weight of the boxes are 26 & 35 pounds.

They’re packed 6 to a box.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

26 guage is wayyy to thin.

Oh, when they say "junior" fisherman they mean junior. As in, the little tyke's pretend play box for toy tackle. Lol. It is a cheap box.

You guys are determimed to make me go outside, move a bunch of stuff around in the garage, and dig it out, aren't you?

 

[d42jeep]

Yep. See if you can find that Thorsen set while you’re out looking around.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

See if you can find that Thorsen set while you’re out looking around

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Here's the No. 114. It is 14" x 6" x 6-1/2". You can see from the catalog figure that Don provided that when they stretched the No. 114 into the No. 119 (19" x 6" x 6-1/2"), it looks like they didn't bother stretching the rounded-edge compartments in the cantilevered tray! It weighs 4 lbs 4 ozs. The clasps and the center hasp were supplied by Excelsior in Stamford, Conn.

 

[d42jeep]

Nice!
-Don

 

[Oldtuleguy]

A gambles 1/2" drive set

 

[Outlawmws]

That ratchet looks more like an Easco, than SK?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Innards look sk.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Gambles dropped the artisan label but continued on with sk tools as their supplier

 

[Outlawmws]

The handle sure has the Craftsman/Easco look - Probably on purpose.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Rare Sk hammer

 

[Outlawmws]

A 3/8 ratchet head was sacrificed to make that handle!

I guess one could make a "palm grip" ratchet knob out of the head.

 

[humber2]

Probably unique as rare implies a few could exist.

 

[Outlawmws]

This is GJ - someone with a dead non-rebuild-able ratchet will build another...

I bet several guys have already looked in the deadpool

That's also a candidate for the "modified tools thread"

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Did not buy it. Was in a hurry to hit the movie theatre.

 

[Hellteeone]

New GJ member here. Ended up here looking for info on vintage SK stuff. Bought this box today from a local online listing, seems to be in near mint condition and few if any tools seem to be missing. The front cover fits cleverly under the bottom drawer.

 

[four.cycle]

very nice. welcome to the site!

 

[d42jeep]

New GJ member here. Ended up here looking for info on vintage SK stuff. Bought this box today from a local online listing, seems to be in near mint condition and few if any tools seem to be missing. The front cover fits cleverly under the bottom drawer.

Even though I don’t collect Wayne period S-K tools, those are in beautiful condition. Congratulations and welcome to the GJ.
This almost complete (missing the 1/4” socket) early set arrived this evening.
-Don

 

[Raineman]

New GJ member here. Ended up here looking for info on vintage SK stuff. Bought this box today from a local online listing, seems to be in near mint condition and few if any tools seem to be missing. The front cover fits cleverly under the bottom drawer.

Wow! Just...wow!

 

[Hellteeone]

Hah, I've been very lucky with SK stuff lately. This was a flea market score 2 weeks ago. Minty and complete as far as I can tell.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Added another tiger socket

 

[msharley]

New GJ member here. Ended up here looking for info on vintage SK stuff. Bought this box today from a local online listing, seems to be in near mint condition and few if any tools seem to be missing. The front cover fits cleverly under the bottom drawer.

Hey H,

Welcome to GJ!

Wow! What a great score!!

Good for you!

Later, Mark

 

[d42jeep]

I ordered some nice looking sockets to upgrade my early postwar 1/2” drive deep set.
-Don
I replaced the sockets in the lid of the box with the new ones.


The completed set.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Oohhh those are shiny

 

[d42jeep]

I don’t think they got much use.
When I spotted this Chrome Alloy beaver tail 3/8“ ratchet offered on a buy it now I didn’t hesitate. The 3/8” drive Chrome Alloy (Brazil) tools are kind of rare in 3/8” drive.
-Don
I compared it with my plain steel S-K marked version.
Here it is with some other possible Chrome Alloy 3/8” drive tools.

 

[four.cycle]

the "chrome alloy" is S-K ? I did not know that.

 

[JjKk40]

Is this an SK brand?

 

[four.cycle]

yes. made by S-K
Tiger / (see S-K) / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7551449#post7551449

 

[d42jeep]

Added another tiger socket

OTG posted pictures of his Tiger socket recently. Here is one I’ve had.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

thanks Don. not may examples of "Tiger" posted here.

 

[JjKk40]

Very cool! Im on the lookout now! Bet it'll be difficult and fun to try and collect a set of these offset dbe's!

 

[d42jeep]

Here is an odd one that looks like it might have been supplied to S-K by possibly Vlchek.
-Don