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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Northwoods on August 01, 2019, 09:04:06 PM

Title: Craftsman box
Post by: Northwoods on August 01, 2019, 09:04:06 PM

Got one like this today--except mine has a red interior.  Original.
Can you give me a date range on it in addition to this 1950 (or earlier) ---1964 date range?


http://www.rustynailsalvage.com/blog/history-of-the-craftsman-logo


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Craftsman-Tool-Box/123837040417?hash=item1cd5434721:g:6~MAAOSwcBJdLLz0

Would it be suitable--at its earliest-- for BE or H circle tools?

Title: Re: Craftsman box
Post by: d42jeep on August 02, 2019, 03:33:11 AM

Here is my set that has many original pieces. You can barely make out the Heritage label on the exterior. All of the pieces that came in the box were =v= and I don’t think that the New Britain supplied pieces would have come in a box with that label.
-Don

Title: Re: Craftsman box
Post by: d42jeep on August 02, 2019, 03:54:37 AM

You can kind of make out the decal in this partial 1/2” drive BE set.
-Don

Title: Re: Craftsman box
Post by: Northwoods on August 02, 2019, 10:51:06 AM

Based on what I see here, would it be safe to say that the Heritage logo began with BE (and/or H Circle) tools and later the =v= tools?
Based on catalogs, what year did the BE and H Circle rat sets last appear, and when did the Heritage logo first appear?