CR-MOSTEEL ratchet

[Northwoods]

Picked up a 3/8" ratchet today.
Round head.  Knurled handle.  Slotted selector switch.  7 5/8" length.
The only marking is stamped handle :  CR-MOSTEEL

I suspect it stands for Chrome-Moly Steel.  Perhaps.

No other marking or name. 

Sorry.  No pix.  Anything you can add?

BTW, I also scored a completely roached Frank Mossberg No. 355 female rat in 11/16.
From AA:
"H. Channon 1916. The 1916 catalog No. 80 from the H. Channon Company lists Mossberg socket sets No. 10, No. 13, and No. 14, as well as a number of other Mossberg tools. One notable listing is for the No. 355 ratchet, the earliest known reference to this model. The No. 355 ratchet was priced at $1.00, compared with $2.00 for the No. 350 ratchet."

Mine is not so sweet as this one, but it is marked Pat Pend.

http://alloy-artifacts.org/Photos/tools/mossberg_1116dr_355_ratchet_no13_f_cropped_inset2.jpg

[kwoswalt99]

I'd say made in Japan.

[Northwoods]

Crud.
After all the work I did cleaning it up and getting it running again.
I guess I need to find a Japanese tool collector.  ;-)

[Northwoods]

Picked up a 3/8" ratchet today.
Round head.  Knurled handle.  Slotted selector switch.  7 5/8" length.
The only marking is stamped handle :  CR-MOSTEEL

I suspect it stands for Chrome-Moly Steel.  Perhaps.

No other marking or name. 

Sorry.  No pix.  Anything you can add?

BTW, I also scored a completely roached Frank Mossberg No. 355 female rat in 11/16.
From AA:
"H. Channon 1916. The 1916 catalog No. 80 from the H. Channon Company lists Mossberg socket sets No. 10, No. 13, and No. 14, as well as a number of other Mossberg tools. One notable listing is for the No. 355 ratchet, the earliest known reference to this model. The No. 355 ratchet was priced at $1.00, compared with $2.00 for the No. 350 ratchet."

Mine is not so sweet as this one, but it is marked Pat Pend.

http://alloy-artifacts.org/Photos/tools/mossberg_1116dr_355_ratchet_no13_f_cropped_inset2.jpg

BTW, I cleaned and oiled and cleaned and oiled, and the old Mossberg 355 came loose and is working great now.  It fits right in with a stash of Mossberg pressed steel sockets I dug out of a fellows 5-gallon bucket of junk last summer.