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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: packardv8 on February 01, 2013, 12:19:38 AM
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Just found this NOS 8-piece set of K-D full polish combination wrenches. Really pretty nice looking set. Any guesses as to who made them?
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jack vines
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Danaher.
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Danaher.
yuuup.....and depending on what year it was made either armstrong division of danaher or danaher tool group.
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yuuup.....and depending on what year it was made either armstrong division of danaher or danaher tool group.
Do you know the date ranges, krusty?
And was that simply a name change or did actual production shift from one facility to another?
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yuuup.....and depending on what year it was made either armstrong division of danaher or danaher tool group.
Do you know the date ranges, krusty?
And was that simply a name change or did actual production shift from one facility to another?
i do not know the specific date. it was just a name change and possibly done to make it easier to set up the apex tool group.
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From what I've seen here and on the other two sites, these can be Armstrong, K-D, NAPA, Allen or Craftsman Professional. They're being widely discounted as closeouts, making them the best buy I've ever seen on USA wrenches.
jack vines
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What did you pay for them,,,,that is really the question now????
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$20, because I'd never seen a NIB set before - Turns out they were not nearly as rare here as they were to me.
jack vines
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Packard,
I have a few of the K-D long pattern full polish combo's in large (1"+) sizes. I picked them up at a garage sale for about a $1 per wrench. I've never had second thoughts about buying them. They look great and feel good in your hands. And I could never have afforded them at their retail price.
There are probably people who would scoff at the K-D brand, but they probably wouldn't know a good wrench if they saw one.
I don't think K-D made these kind of wrenches until they were acquired by Danaher and integrated into the larger family of brands.
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No combo wrenches in the 1986 catalog (An Easco Operating Co)
Combo wrench sets in the 1992 catalog - but no 8pc set only 6, 11, 14pc (Danaher Tool Group)
Same as 1992 for 1996 catalog.
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BTW, does anyone know what the KD acronym stands for????
IMWTK...
DM&FS
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>BTW, does anyone know what the KD acronym stands for????
From AA:
Presumably, Kulp & Dellinger, from Harry W. Kulp and Martin C. Dellinger, two inventors ...likely the company founders...
(AA implies there is some history fuzziness ...)
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Just in case someone's interested, here's a catalog update.
The 2000 catalog does not show and 8 piece set.
So it has to be a newer manufacture.