My dad's tools are older versions of the Craftsman tools I have. I'd always buy tools when Sears had them on sale.
My grandfather's tools are "BC" (Before Chrome). Sorta weird seeing tools with just a dull steel color on them. He had a lot of odd "money wrenches", since this was also "BR" (Before Ratchets).
“money” = “monkey”
I love old tools... specially gun, farmin’ and livestock tools...
I dunno how many time I look at some specialized piece of steel and said, “what the hell izzat fer?”... always loved findin’ out...
Morning - My dad’s craftsman ratchet doesn’t have the push button or lever release. Pull the socket and bar out and stick ‘em in the other side, then it reverses. The sockets were bought one at a time and kept in an old black enameled Singer box. Never saw the need to replace ‘em. They work fine. Several of the old open end and off-set box wrenches are marked Ford. Saws, hammers, levels, brace and bit, planes. Yup good old tools, one and all.