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Yadda:

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I see a few singles from the 50s on Ebay. Search https://www.google.com/search?q=Ace+screwdrivers&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS805US805&sxsrf=ALeKk03C7WeDRj3QhiT9ZoIoRZMsJBLiiw:1611253489308&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiw2P3-0q3uAhUHLK0KHbi_DaAQ_AUoAnoECAYQBA&biw=858&bih=420

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Also check Etsy. 

DadsTools:
The "Flying Ace" logo was used in various forms from the 1930s to mid-1960s. They are very difficult to find in sets. As someone else mentioned, you almost always find them one at a time. I spent a lot of time researching these and was never able to pin down a precise dating for them, but the acetate handles indicate post-war. Probably mid-1950s to mid-1960s.

d42jeep:
Although they aren’t screwdrivers, I have a matched set of early Ace nutdrivers. If they are of interest to you send me a message. I would let them go for shipping cost.
-Don
Edit***Since I never heard back from the person posting upthread, the nutdrivers were sold on eBay 5/21.

Uncle Buck:
I am almost positive the Ace brand was the house brand for Ace Hardware stores. I worked in a local Ace Hardware in the late 1970's and all of the drivers shown in this thread are the same as those the store stocked and sold during those years. Likewise during those years True Value had a line of Master Mechanic and True Test tools as well.

I also suspect that during that time Western Forge probably made many drivers for many brands of which Ace probably was one, other likely brands would include Master Mechanic, SK, Craftsman and probably a good number of other brands as well!

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