Craftsman pear head ratchets

[Northwoods]

Bought a pair (3/8" and 1/2") of pear head C-man ratchets--the one with oil ports.  They do not have the V on the reverse side like others I have.
Do any of you fellows know what--if anything--that signifies?

[EVILDR235]

There is a guy on YouTube that collects Craftsman ratchets and provides a lot of history about them. Alloy Artifacts also has some history on the newer models. There use to be a Craftsman tools collectors site on the web, but it's been a while since i visited it.

EvilDr235

[Yadda]

Bought a pair (3/8" and 1/2") of pear head C-man ratchets--the one with oil ports.  They do not have the V on the reverse side like others I have.
Do any of you fellows know what--if anything--that signifies?

Check out Jim's type study.  It may help.

[mikeswrenches]

Bought a pair (3/8" and 1/2") of pear head C-man ratchets--the one with oil ports.  They do not have the V on the reverse side like others I have.
Do any of you fellows know what--if anything--that signifies?

Check out Jim's type study.  It may help.

http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=23826.0

[mikeswrenches]

This may be of interest to the Craftsman collectors who wonder who made their tools.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84807

Mike

[Northwoods]

This may be of interest to the Craftsman collectors who wonder who made their tools.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84807

Mike

Thanks for the links, guys.
The GJ link shows that the pear head rats were made c. 1949-1958, just before the flying v/butterfly (and Jim's study) began.   Cool, that. 
As to the V/No V question, I'll keep working on that and let you know if I come up with something.