JCPenney 3531 Forged USA Ratchet

[OilyRascal]

I found this guy, and a few of the sockets to pair, at a pawn shop a few days ago.  It smells like S-K to me but I can't determine that for certain.

Does anybody have information on who made this ratchet and/or when it was made?

[rusty]

We had a nice thread on the old forum about Penncraft and J C Penny..sadly it's long gone..

Both SK and New Britain made ratchets for J C Penny....

General concensus on GJ is that that is an SK ratchet,,,,,

[john k]

Let me get this straight?   Oily, that has socket sets he stumbles over, roughly a 2-ton truck load of wrenches, more bizarre  seldom seen iron than many of us have seen, is still surfing the local pawn shops for a good deal?   OH Yeah,  the thrill of the hunt.   That must of been near the end of Penneys tool business?   I have some wrenches that are all Pennens. 

[OilyRascal]

Let me get this straight?   Oily, that has socket sets he stumbles over, roughly a 2-ton truck load of wrenches, more bizarre  seldom seen iron than many of us have seen, is still surfing the local pawn shops for a good deal?   OH Yeah,  the thrill of the hunt.   That must of been near the end of Penneys tool business?   I have some wrenches that are all Pennens.

I was in there inquiring about a Winchester model 07 .351 rifle (1906 production) left to me by my pawpaw, and the ratchet just jumped into my hand.

[rusty]

>>a 2-ton truck load of wrenches...

Shhh!

Remember forum rule #1

...:There is no such thing as 'enough tools'" -P

[OilyRascal]

Do I understand correctly that Pennens and Penncraft were also JCPenney brands?

[rusty]

Penncraft was a J C Penny store brand name
Pennens was a Chicago tool company..

[PowderKeg]

Ditto what Rusty said about Penncraft and Penens.  Thorsen also produced ratchets and such branded for JC Penney - likely the final runs before JCP dropped out of the tool business.   The Craftsman juggernaut just couldn't be overcome.