Indestro Streamline design on wrenches with no name but say SELECT STEEL on them

[cgw2also]

Found the INDESTRO wrench at an antique store and the no names at a flea market this last week and after checking AA had questions. See attached.

[kwoswalt99]

So what is the question?

[cgw2also]

 Thank you kwoswalt99 for waking me up, first post and got ahead of myself, no excuse. Question is did INDESTRO definitely make these and if it was did they start in 1937 or was it later. These 3 look to have a chrome/chromium/some kind of plating finish whereas I can't tell what the finish was on the INDESTRO and they are not as  Thanks for your responses.

[cgw2also]

BEEFY as the INDESTRO.....................GOT LEFT OUT. Slow down Charlie.

[bill300d]

Yes Indestro made. According to the trademark registration (346439) for these wrenches the first use date is Dec. 30, 1936 so I guess you could say  1937, whats one day. As far as finish they could be chrome, nickel,cadmium, or just plain polished steel.

[cgw2also]

 One more question on the SELECT STEEL wrenches. I have attached photos of the 3 wrenches that show letters in 2 cases and a number in the 3rd, in various orientations on the wrenches. What do these letters/number indicate/designate? Just a newbie question that may have been answered before so bear with me as I get familiar with the site. TIA.

[cgw2also]

WELL, got in a hurry again & left the attachments OFF. Here we go.......................................

[bill300d]

I have not seen any wrenches with those marks or any other marks for that mater other than G or E. The G supposidly indicating war time production and I don't know what to make of the E.

[mikeswrenches]

Snap-on also used a G and an E. The G, as Bill noted was for Government, and the E was for Emergency. I don't know if this also applied to Indestro.

Mike