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Weird SK 1/4 push through ratchet

firstyearchevelle

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My brother picked this set up at an estate sale. I can’t find any pics or info on the strange ratchet that came with the set. Ratchet is stamped SK but looks strange to me. I have not seen it in person and do not have any more photos of it. Any one hav any idea what this is? Thanks
 

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Private Lugnutz

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SK did make a couple different early non-reversible ratchets, but neither one that I am aware of looked like that. One was very similar to the Hinsdale rocker rat, for whom SK was doing contract production. The other had a round head, attached by a neck to a forged handle, but the neck was not squared off like that, or attached with four rivets. Neither one was so primitive looking. And I don't recall seeing them in 1/4 drive size.

As crude as that thing looks, the "SK" stamping is actually convincing.

It's interesting that the opposite end has a non-ratcheting female opening, almost like a refrigeration ratchet.

Last comment, the primitive crudeness seems anachronistic to the production of the sockets, the other handles, and the box, which all appear to be mid to late 30s.

That exhausts my reaction.

EDIT: If more knowledgeable SK aficionados don't comment soon, you may want to post it on the SK thread. You can find it in the A-Z Index in the Sticky at the top of the board.
 
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d42jeep

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That is an unusual early ratchet that I have not seen before. As Lugz mentioned above, that ratchet was very unlikely to have come with the rest of the set. My best guess is that it is a very early non reversing 1/4“ drive ratchet. It may have come with a 1/4” drive plug. The rest of the set looks prewar, probably around 1942 or so and may have originally looked like the set below. Without seeing the markings on the sockets it’s difficult to be sure of exactly when the set came out.
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Ricky Joe

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It is later than the earliest S-K ratchets, which were actually marked “Sherman-Klove”. Other than that, I can’t help much.
 
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