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Searching for SK logos for aging ratchets, etc
« on: April 03, 2012, 08:46:16 PM »
The SK ratchets and sockets section of Alloy Artifacts is down, as far as photos go. I have a LOT of older SK ratchets and tools, and I am trying to match up ratchet and drive tool designs and logos with socket designs, so I can make sets in the empty SK boxes I have, using the loose sockets and drive tools which I also have. I THINK I recall seeing a thread here long ago in which one member asked for photos of various SK tool logos, etc. I did a search, but no luck.

Does anyone have an idea of how I can figure out which of these SK tools are matched by age, with AA's photo links broken?

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Re: Searching for SK logos for aging ratchets, etc
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2012, 05:07:24 PM »
I have been needing the Alloy Artifacts photos as well.  I picked up a set of older 1/2" drive sockets, (both 8- and 12-point) and some of them look just like the 1/2" hex drive socket shown in the last working photo on AA before the photos go away.  I can't tell from the text if AA thinks that there was a 1/2" square drive variation that looks like the hex socket.

The box had a bunch of 1/2" square drive sockets that are just like the suspected SK sockets, but instead of a diamond knurl at the base they have a series of grooves (or straight knurls) so I call them "ribbed" sockets.  Both types of sockets have the same size markings and no manufacturers marks.  The ribbed sockets say "Made in USA" beside the size marking.  Both types of sockets have the sizes marked with a dash instead of a slash (13-16 instead of 13/16) except for larger than 1", where the fraction uses a slash.  Some smaller sizes have a slash, but I can't see a pattern to why.

Both types of sockets appear to be cadmium plated.  The box looks like an SK box, but there isn't enough paint and no markings to help identify it.  The only marking is "Excelsior" on the latch.  There were three SK sockets in the box of the "knurled base" chrome style started in the 1940's, and a P&C 2132 (21/32") hex socket, as well as a Craftsman underlined BE 3/8" 12pt.