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Title: Walden flex head ratchet
Post by: coolford on February 08, 2019, 03:36:29 PM

I have lots of Walden ratchets, but had never seen a flex head Walden until this one showed up on e-bay.  Has anyone else seen or have a Walden flex head?

Title: Re: Walden flex head ratchet
Post by: lptools on February 08, 2019, 05:20:50 PM

Hello, Coolford. First one I have seen. Regards, Lou

Title: Re: Walden flex head ratchet
Post by: bonneyman on February 10, 2019, 09:54:43 PM

New to me as well. Maybe one of the W-W collectors will chime in.

Title: Re: Walden flex head ratchet
Post by: d42jeep on February 13, 2019, 03:37:31 PM

It's possible that somebody attached a flex ratchet head to a Walden flex handle. The only way to know for sure would be to check out the Walden part number stamped on the handle. The 1/4" flex handle number is Walden 3117. The first picture is a postwar catalog page, the second is my early wartime set.
-Don

Title: Re: Walden flex head ratchet
Post by: coolford on February 14, 2019, 03:59:01 PM

Don----It looks real, not something cobbled together, and it has a unique number 4052H which is different from any of the other Walden tools----Charles

Title: Re: Walden flex head ratchet
Post by: d42jeep on February 15, 2019, 08:13:36 AM

Must be legit. Cool find!
-Don

Title: Re: Walden flex head ratchet
Post by: coolford on February 15, 2019, 03:58:46 PM

I like that war time set, looks complete.  Your catalog looks like mine, the date on mine is 1954.---Charles

Title: Re: Walden flex head ratchet
Post by: d42jeep on February 15, 2019, 07:34:54 PM

Here is a catalog page from 1944 showing the set.
-Don