1/2" sets...

[slip knot]

More goodness form d42jeep. man you got some nice sets.

we've seen some of the 1/4s and 1/2ers. I'm betting theirs some 3/8 sets to droll over too.

[john k]

Not many matched anything in my garage.    But found this a few years back.   All Husky,  know its missing some things,  for some reason the previous owner didn't ever use the ratchet.  He electro penciled it anyhow.  The tools and sockets don't show anywhere near the wear that the box got.

[Cruiser808]

Matching 1950’s Proto LOs Angeles 1/2 and 1/4 sets.

[J.A.F.E.]

That is very nice and looks almost new. I like that it includes the 1/4 set.

[d42jeep]

More goodness form d42jeep. man you got some nice sets.

we've seen some of the 1/4s and 1/2ers. I'm betting theirs some 3/8 sets to droll over too.

Thanks! It’s possible that some 3/8” sets snuck into these pictures along with the others!
-Don

[Uncle Buck]

Very enviable sets.

[J.A.F.E.]

d42 I am beginning to see a pattern here. You have some very desirable stuff and it's pretty amazing you've been able to find it all.

[d42jeep]

Thanks, guys. Most of my sets have started with estate sale, garage sale or flea market finds. For me the fun is in completing the sets. Here is one I’m working on now. Late one afternoon this summer I spotted a Craigslist garage sale ad mentioning tools so the neighbors and I ran to town to check it it about 4:00. It was the typical bunch of crap but the seller’s toolbox was sitting out and I talked him into showing me his tools. They were all pretty modern but I told him I was into old stuff and he mentioned that he had inherited a Snap-on set from his father recently and offered to show it to me, but he didn’t want to sell it. It turned out to be a fairly complete 1/2” drive late ‘40s New Britain set. He was surprised and disappointed to find out it wasn’t Snap-on so I said I was interested in buying it if he wanted to let it go. He took down my phone number. In the meantime my neighbor found a $2.00 test light and the guy had a chance to think about my offer and with a TINY bit of urging decided to sell me his inheritance. Here are some pictures. The first one is as found and the last ones I took yesterday.
-Don



[d42jeep]

I wasn’t sure whether to post this set in the 1/2” or 3/8” thread but I figured since the ratchet is 1/2” drive that it belonged here. It came with the original cardboard insert and looked virtually unused.
-Don

[john k]

Okay not a half inch drive set, but a set of half inch drive sockets.   Full set of SK polished sockets, almost no wear, only 4 had any dirt in them.  Actually got two sets, 3/8 - 1-1/4,  one never used and one that's been used hard.   Found in a junk store in an old shoe box.  Thought it was amazing that a good quality set of sockets sat unused for decades,  always felt the finish on these SK was better than any others sold at that time.  Haven't looked to see what the period set would look like. 

[d42jeep]

Those look great. Early this summer my neighbor brought me a nice batch of knurled S-K sockets that look very similar to yours. Here they are after cleaning. He knows I dig S-K. Here are some sets those sockets might have come in.
-Don

[Cruiser808]

Here’s a 1950’s P&C set. The inside logo is dirty, but intact.

[bmwrd0]

Well, if we are gonna go all P&C on us...
20180723_141442 by Aaron Warfield, on Flickr
20180723_141432 by Aaron Warfield, on Flickr
This one is from the '40's, so I got that going for me, which is nice...

[Cruiser808]

Sweet bmwrdo!

[bmwrd0]

Here are a few more from the Empire of Proto


Proto LA, pieced together over the years.


Wartime set, never got around to cleaning it. Bought that one complete for a rediculously amount of money ($3) I couldn't believe the guy either.


Sorry, it is hard to take pictures of things that are so shiny... I couldn't believe it either when I opened it up. Mostly unused.