Quote from: coolford on January 23, 2019, 03:12:33 PM
When I started this thread I had hoped that others had some old sets to show---so, either you don't have them or don't want to show them.  So here is another Walden, it is a No. 11 and near the end of the pressed steel sockets, the last was the No. 12 I showed previously.  The box appears to be leather, but its hard to tell sometimes and the pressed paper boxes can look the same.

I'm looking at a Walden add, and they call it "fiber."   Sooooooooo paper.

This is a continuation of the Packer Auto Specialty Co. sets usually marked "Ray" and usually known as ray sets.  As I'm only allowed three pictures I will show the next two larger sizes and make another post for the largest one.  The first picture is the largest they made with pressed steel sockets and included a set of square sockets as well as the hex sockets.  Hard to date, but probably 1920's.  The next set in pictures 2 and 3 is when they switched to forged sockets which may have been available only in the larger sized sets.  I have never come across a small set with the forged sockets.  The sockets apparently were of good quality as I have only seen one split socket.  This set contained both hex and square sockets as well as other drive tools.

Hello, Coolford. Thanks for sharing more of your outstanding collection!!! Regards, Lou

Here is the largest "Ray" set, it is missing the ratchet and some fixed socket wrenches.

Time to switch of another company, Hinsdale Tool co.  The GC-20 set shown in the first two pictures is 1/2" hex drive, an early set from the 1920's.  Note the inside label shows both Hinsdale and Sears Roebuck & Co.  Both square and hex sockets but needs a hex ratchet.  Only hex set I have come across.  The third picture is a CN-50 set and is called a mechanics set made of chrome nickel.  It is 1/2 inch drive but in the same box as the hex set so is probably late 20's or early 30's.  Note the breaker bar also converts to a tee wrench.

I'm not sure which ratchet your early Walden set is supposed to have but I have a #716 dated by AA from 1919 to 1922.
-Don

Here is my almost complete early Blackhawk set that I received from my neighbor who picked it up at a swap meet in Southern California. It came with some Hinsdale pieces as well. The label is one that should have come in the set.
-Don

I'm really getting into this thread!  I wish I had something to add to it.

Jim C.

Don---thanks for the try, but I need a Hinsdale hex ratchet. 

Like this one I used to have?
-Don

Yes, that is the one I need.  To bad you parted with it already.

perhaps this one?

S15


pics make it look worse than it is

feb556 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

There must be a correct name for that type.
I call it flip-flop.

Looks okay to me, is it for sale or trade?  If so send me a PM.

This S15 is on eBay for a reasonable price with free shipping.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Hinsdale-Hex-drive-Ratchet-7-1-2-No-S-15-LQQK/162980306719?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
-Don