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General Discussion / Re: Estate Sale 2 - 8/25/2025
« Last post by lptools on August 26, 2025, 07:19:49 AM »Nice haul , those drawknives look like a couple good ones!
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General Discussion / Estate Sale 1 - 8/25/2025
« Last post by Yadda on August 26, 2025, 06:40:30 AM »Craftsman estate sale buy. The sockets are Craftsman 6-sided metric deep well. The hammer is a Craftsman model A40, 16 ounce, framing style hammer. The hatchet. Robo Grips, and maul are also Craftsman tools.
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General Discussion / Estate Sale 2 - 8/25/2025
« Last post by Yadda on August 26, 2025, 06:38:51 AM »This is the second of my estate sale buys this week. For the first time ever, I found hammer handles. Probably hickory, maybe oak, probably seconds, but they are all straight and unused. Three hand pruners, a Bonney, 8 inch curved adjustable wrench, Dupont No. 4 dynamite pliers, Indestro 1/2 inch drive ratchet, a Plumb 40 ounce ballpeen hammer, and two as yet unidentified drawknives.
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Wrench Forum / Re: Blackhawk Free Wheeling Ratchet
« Last post by lptools on August 17, 2025, 07:37:18 PM » I had to double check , the Patent info says Freewheel Ratchet , but the example I have here is stamped Free Wheeling Ratchet.
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Wrench Forum / Re: Blackhawk Free Wheeling Ratchet
« Last post by lptools on August 17, 2025, 07:32:20 PM »It is a cool piece! More can be found in AA , Blackhawk 49997 1/2-Drive Gearless Ratchet . Patent Numbers 1,936,640 ( 1933 ) and 2,003,155 ( 1935 ) . Also listed in DATAMP under these numbers .
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Wrench Forum / Re: Blackhawk Free Wheeling Ratchet
« Last post by Yadda on August 17, 2025, 07:29:22 PM »Neat!
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Wrench Forum / Re: Blackhawk Free Wheeling Ratchet
« Last post by Lewill2 on August 17, 2025, 06:30:18 PM »Interesting, I don't recall seeing one of these before.
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Wrench Forum / Blackhawk Free Wheeling Ratchet
« Last post by lptools on August 17, 2025, 06:12:45 PM »I dug this out today while looking for something else. I always thought it was a quick release ratchet , but the button is actually the shifter/selector for forward and reverse. The patent info refers to this as a Gearless Ratchet , turns smoothly , and quietly! Stamped Free Wheeling Ratchet .
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General Discussion / Re: Penncraft Socket Set - who made it?
« Last post by Bill Houghton on August 11, 2025, 12:44:48 PM »J C Penney. Surname, not coin.
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General Discussion / Re: Penncraft Socket Set - who made it?
« Last post by Lewill2 on August 10, 2025, 07:03:29 PM »They were sold by J. C. Penny but I don't know who the maker was.