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Offline john k

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Re: Craftsman underlined!
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2013, 09:16:39 PM »
my searches flagged that overnight....was looking this morning and struggling to *date* the bottom feller.  My first to see one.
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Re: Craftsman underlined!
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2013, 09:44:16 PM »
That black one might date to the 20s or earlier, is just like the pricey one I saw at the antique mall two weeks back.  The underlined ones I have a set of, they came in my fathers 1947 Craftsman tool set. 
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Re: Craftsman underlined!
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2013, 10:16:51 AM »
I have the very same one.  Condition of mine is not quite as good.  Sears bought the Craftsman name in 1927 from the Craftsman Tool Co in Iowa for $500. If I am remembering correctly, The underlined C came after 1932. They phased it out slowly after WWII.  I have seen things as late as 1950 with it, but some stuff with the =Craftsman= in the same catalog.  Probably they let forging tools wear out before making the change. The 1927-1932 logo has the word Craftsman in a kind of a wave.
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Re: Craftsman underlined!
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2013, 11:34:55 AM »
Heres a couple that I have, the bottom 2 are the same size but different dates.
The 2 in the middle are CI series, top one is like the one op posted on ebay.






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Re: Craftsman underlined!
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2013, 11:40:14 AM »
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Re: Craftsman underlined!
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2013, 12:27:32 PM »
If I remember correctly the "624.5430-50" wrench came with a welding regulator.