plvmb 240 pliers question

[international3414]

anyone know what the EB stands for,hopefully the pictures work

[international3414]

maybe electric boat?

[Lewill2]

Manufacturing date code maybe??????

[mikeswrenches]

AA has a really good article on Plomb Tools and also their date codes.

Mike

[d42jeep]

I've never been convinced that any wartime date code theory is valid. I've seen way too many tools that are chrome plated supposedly made during the wartime chrome restrictions. Those codes could be as simple as indicating which of over 20 wartime Plomb facilities produced that particular tool. AA does cover the prewar date code system very well.
-Don

[international3414]

thanks,so guess its a date code,although i didnt find a list of codes on aa

[d42jeep]

No mystery codes on either of mine.
-Don

[wvtools]

My first thought was also that they were place of manufacture codes.