What Was YOUR First Tool Set?

COPY AND PASTE: Nikki, I think I've heard of everything you mention except Dreadnaught Beavers. What are THOSE
There should have been a comma between DREADNAUGHT and SK. Dreadnaught is a Canadian wrench from the 1930s and 1940s. BEAVER on a Rockwell or Delta machine used to mean it was made in Canada. http://progress-is-fine.blogspot.ca/201 ... aught.html
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Check out some of the unusual names on some of the imported wrenches from the Orient. I have a 20 inch Crescent style wrench that was named SQUIRREL. The wrench was and 8 out of ten but the shaft that guided the knurled screw was a few millimetres too small. I shucked the adjuster nut in a lathe and reamed it to a larger size, pressed in a brass shaft then drilled to the correct size. This wrench has become a really good impact persuader. Really, now this wrench works the way it should. BTW, the SQUIRREL images are gone.

http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/bnc/tls/5608654465.html
NO, NO, I did not want to see anything like this!!!!! I will check it out in the morning.

I would be all over that box of wrenches!

I was looking for something else and this showed up. This wrench is a great lump of steel showed up. I was thinking it could be repurposed into a door handle or maybe a ................................

I used to have several of those! They were in my Mechanics box over in Germany when I was stationed there. Actually used them to.

I love the "S" wrenches!

These pre-detachable socket wrench sets are fascinating. It would take extra tool boxes to hold all the possibilities of handle and socket sizes. Common tool names--Walden Worcester and Blackhawk.
Most Ebayers put their noses up at these things. I think they are COOL!
Cheap! This set was $10.
Many were sets to service Ford Model A or T.

The stuff that dreams are made of! 1940s roll-front Snap-On tool box (on ebay). WITH electrical outlet! I suspect the technician provided the ground leg.

Some where in this discussion I posted a picture of some old mystery tools. I was watching a video of British bespoke shoe makers https://youtu.be/HJexoNFxvyo
The shoe makers use a tool similar to this combination tool. The plier is for stretching the leather before the other feature drives the tacks home.

Latest Craigslist find. I had time to kill before my wife's plane landed...
I typed in "tool".
It immediately showed me this picture. Very specific instructions followed after I called and I went and LOOKED.
Impossible to tell from photo but this old Kennedy box is three feet long. That makes sockets BIG.
One extension says CHINA. I suspect this kept everyone away?
How this older lady moved this box outside I have no idea.
I opened the lid and vintage 3/4" drive Snap On socket after socket came out. About 80% Snap On. 15% Par X and the rest Williams.
This box full of tools was $100. I did not negotiate.