Anybody recognize this ratchet?
Its 7 3/4" long and its a 3/8.
It says benchtop on it and is actually very smooth working.

Hmm, now there's an odd looking ratchet...

I think Bench-Top was one of K-Mart's house brands....

Yup its odd, the guy had $5 on it and wouldn't come down so I basically took a chance and bought just out of curiosity. I've never seen a plastic ratchet before.

K-Mart-1990's

So does that mean I got a 50 cent ratchet for 5 bux, lol.

You can't be the only guy to bite at $5.00 even if it isn't worth it. Gotta be a $10.00 guy out there somewhere. Trick is to find him before the tool becomes a real antique.

A friend of mine said that it didn't matter what you paid for something, there is always somebody that will come along and pay more.

I hope he's right.  Of course he neglected to say when that somebody was coming.

Mike

I think i had one before that said ACE on it.

Quote from: mikeswrenches on September 02, 2012, 06:03:56 AM
A friend of mine said that it didn't matter what you paid for something, there is always somebody that will come along and pay more.

I hope he's right.  Of course he neglected to say when that somebody was coming.

Mike

 
"You cannot pay too much. But you can buy too soon"

   If it won't be collectible in your lifetime, you have bought it for your great grandchildren.

A crazy pattern ratchet like this will be red hot property some day.  It couldn't have been popular new and it wouldn't last in use.  So there can't be many around. 
I am guessing about 75 years from now it'll be genuinely valuable. 
  yours Scott 

I  told my granddaughter to tell her kids to keep a eye out on eBay many years from now for it.

EvilDr235

I like these ratchets. I usually see them in the quarter inch size but I know they were made in 3/8 and 1/2 also.

Quote from: EVILDR235 on September 03, 2012, 01:04:27 PM
I  told my granddaughter to tell her kids to keep a eye out on eBay many years from now for it.

EvilDr235

I would suggest etching  EVILDR235 into it as deeply as you can so there will be less confusion in identifying it

A little late to arrive here but I can confirm that ACE HARDWARE did put their name on these
I used a "store credit" from returning a useless gift (don't ask) and purchased a 1/4" set that has sae & metric sockets, short extension and this ratchet. the sockets looked of decent quality but I did not think the ratchet would last, but no matter as the full set of 1/4"sockets was needed most.
I don't think  there is a brand of 1/4" ratchet mfg after 1960 that i have not broken (it's not called abuse if pursuing the dollar) and I'm not declaring it is superior to all, but after 6-7 years in otr fleet repair it is still functioning fine. It exceeded my expectation by such a margin that I had to write this compliment about it.
A coworker showed this site to me after a debate over some tools I have, regarding their purpose, and I look forward to soon providing some pictures with the hope you all can provide some answers.
Breaks over, night shift beats no shift
FLYINGWRENCH

All I have for the million dollar question is my 2 cents 

yes they were a 90s style, i remember seeing them in K-Mart, Home Hardware and Canadian Tire with different labels on them