Couple of strange Socket ID's

[dimwittedmoose51]

In gong through a pile of sockets I've recently accumulated, I found a few I have no idea who made them and a google search on most of them sent me mostly to computer venues.  I was wondering if anyone on the forum might be able to help with ID information.

The one on the fartherest left says Dayton Ohio  SW-933-D and the 9/16" I presume is the drive size as the socket head is at least 5/8 and maybe 11/16"

Next one is a Bonney as it has a CV with a circle around it, but most of the ID info is ground off.  It's a 4014 and a tapered 7/16" and says "FORGED" at the base.

The little one is a a 3/8" drive, also has 4014 and has an LDE on it, but the rest of the info is worn off.  Thee also appears to be a 6Z on there.

The Last one has  the ook and finish of a Thorsen, but says TAT 52428 and is a 1/2" drive 7/8" 12 point.

Thanks for the help

DM&FS

[eddie hudson]

The last one is Thorsen - Allied Tools. They come marked plain, Japan or Korea. Maybe others.

[kxxr]

I see quite a few of the TAT sockets. I usually pick them up because they seem well made. I had always thought they were of offshore, possibly asian origin. I always grab the deep wells because I don't use them that often but it's been a good way to gather a low priced well made set. A couple of other brands I usually pick up for the same reasons are KAL and PF. I think KAL is made in both USA and Japan depending on vintage. Anybody know anything about those? They seem pretty well made also and the sellers don't usually want much for them.
I had no idea that Thorsen was any part of the TAT name though.
The Bonney name is pretty well known. You can download a 1967 Bonney catalog pdf at the Harry Epstein site. http://www.archive.org/details/Bonney1967ToolCatalog
I don't know about the Dayton Ohio one. I have seen some "Dayton USA" sockets that look just like Craftsman, but not many and nothing that old. I found the history page for one Dayton tool manufacturer but there have been many, many tool manufacturers in Dayton, Ohio. Once you get there, maybe you can find others.
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2604

[kxxr]

I just finished the article at the link above about the "Dayton Reliable Tool and Manufacturing Company". Turns out the fellow who founded it is the inventor of the old pull tabs that some of you might remember on beverage cans that was the undoing of the venerable 'church key'. He was a clever fellow it seems, as he went on to improve the design so that the tab stays attached to the can, the design still in use today. By 1980, his little company was pulling down 500 million per year. He died in 1989 and his family sold the business. It doesn't sound like they are the makers of the socket in question though.