I say if it's not on Ebay now or in the past and not on Google images then in my opinion its rare. ;)

I just picked this and other stuff from a house built in the 1920's and the house has stayed in the family including a variety of old tools left in the garage.  The owner looked like a brake mechanic considering there was a lot of brake tools.  But the one of the more interesting items was this Plomb DSE.  My first look at it I thought he welded the pieces together.  So with a quick search of Ebay and Google I came up blank. No pictures and not present or past listings.  My first search was 1936 catalogue but I came up short.  After looking at the tool again I realized Plomb had the O... Oh! my mistake... I then also noticed the 8D and then I knew it was late 1920's.. So with a quick search through the 1928 catalogue..... Bingo!  Page 15....

DSE 10 in. Free Handle Extension.......... 1.25

So there you go.... Pictures included... Now it's on the internet.

cool as hell,never knew something like that existed   

Nice find!!!!!!!!!!

Wow!

A lot of different tool makers made them. I have one made by Mossberg in 1/2 inch drive.


EvilDr235

I've never seen the Plomb version.  I have Blackhawk, Williams, Bonney, Milwaukee Tool & Forge, etc., but sadly, no Plomb examples.  Thank you for sharing it!

wow.  buck and a quarter back in the 20's.   you probably had to be making some decent money to afford that even back then.
Nice one!   

Quote from: international3414 on June 12, 2017, 06:36:24 PM
cool as hell,never knew something like that existed   

Every mechanic who has ever browsed my collection has tried to buy one of mine.  I use them and can't for the life of me figure out why they don't still offer them.

What does D S E stand for?

Drive Socket Extension? Just a guess, Lou

Quote from: p_toad on June 13, 2017, 04:50:42 PM
wow.  buck and a quarter back in the 20's.   you probably had to be making some decent money to afford that even back then.
Nice one!   

...but you could have purchased four with the $5 that it took to buy a Plierench in the '20's.