Hand Tools

[Armybrat]

Still have my grandpa’s Winchester hatchet from the WW1 era...

[skiflydive]

You are correct and I edited that out, what I meant to say was that Williams is division of Snap-on making industrial tools…..I started thinking about it and looked at a screw driver which said Williams on it…..Sorry, my bad…..

Not a problem. If I recall Williams and Armstrong were connected at one time. Also, I think Craftsman tools were made by BlackHawk at one time which is now part of Snap-on. It's a very incestuous business.

[getsome]

The good old US made Craftsman tools were made by the Danaher Corp…..Right after the crash in 2008 or so Sears moved Craftsman tool manufacturing to China which broke my heart the first time I picked up a new Craftsman tool and saw China stamped on it…..Sears was going down the tubes and sold the Craftsman name off for millions of dollars to Black & Decker and the rest is history…

It seems to me that around the time when Sears started selling Chinese made Craftsman tools was about the same time America went to hell and now Sears Roebuck is dead and America just isn’t the same place anymore………

[jeepster09]

[getsome]

As cousin Eddie would say, Bingo!

[BirdsThaWord]

Hey getsome, I’d be interested in seeing/hearing about your hot rod. As an ex drag racer/hot rodder, you caught my attention in the first post.

[BirdsThaWord]

Hey Armybrat, that is soooo cool! I would definitely have that on display. It looks like, unlike almost every other company, they have kept their logo pretty much the same to this day.

[jeepster09]

Someone say DRAG RACER....woohoo...now your talking!
Here are a couple of my old cars. I used to race the east coast from Maine to Florida.
Pro Stock Duster [Hemi], Jr. Fuel Dragster[331 on Nitro], D/Gas 55 Chevy [301 engine], Funny Car 57 Chevy [got stock in A/FX class due to age of car, to old to be legal funny car].

[jeepster09]

The engine...427

[jeepster09]

A couple more....
55 Chev and 57 Chev [both 427's]