I just found a few with the pointed a, one of them has the c underlining the branding and it says ci on either side, from my research it's from the 30's. It's an absolute relic and this is my first purchase. My new favorite hobby!
C1 stands for billings tool co its there forged stamp Billings made wrenches for craftsman at the time the Underlined Craftsman 1930s C1 8 pice wrench set starts at 1/4-1" it an amazing set the smaller wrenches can be harder to find but well worth it when put together I own a complete set the hardest set to get is craftsman chrome vanadium wrench set it is the very first set craftsman ever produced and is EXTREMELY HARD to find but I as well own a complete set to.I have 5 complete pre war craftsman sets and they are a fun hobby it's taken patience in hundreds if not thousands of dollars lol but wouldn't trade them for nothing if you have any questions about any pre war craftsman wrenches feel free to ask
I have a 122 set in a black Craftsman carry case. Got for Christmas in the 90's. Maybe used 3 or 4 times. 3 ratchets 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2" with 6 and 12 points metrick and standard deep and shallow sockets with a G on them. 12 combo wrenches, metrics and standard. Stamped Made in USA with the "V" on them. Very clean like new. Home use only. For sale. Make offer!
I stick with American made. I bypass that China garbage even if it's a wrench with a socket. I'll buy and restore old American tools to sell or keep depending on how bad I may want to keep it. I've been watching vintage Craftsman tools on sale. It has a few wrenches, couple sockets, two ratchets and extensions for $50. Now after watching this and to look for in Craftsman vintage tools, can see most of these are V between single dashes but the 1/2 ratchet is a V between double dashes. Now I'm strongly thinking of making an offer to this person
I'm in the same place, dad died 2016. Looking more for info to clean them up, but as a lifelong sysco mechanic he had multiple sets. Ill keep one myself and let the rest go.
@@Steven-bq5fu I know the cleaning up part. That’s the part I love. The listing part is daunting. My Dad was an electrician, and I have, no joke, about 400 new lamp parts. 🥺
Thanks, I’ll be checking my inventory and looking for more. I KNOW I paid too much, and possibly bought wrong. Though if it didn’t say USA 🇺🇸 I won’t buy it unless it’s a special German or Swiss Car or Machine tool. Car tool sets that came with BMW, Porsche, Mercedes, SAAB, Jaguar etc usually in a leather or canvas roll up or small trunk mounted box worth money. Same for OLD VW Beetle & Bus Jacks & Hubcaps us Horn Buttons and the old VW Chrome hood insignias too. Especially the big ones from Vans
i have a craftsman open ended 15/16 1 wrench with the forged in USA and v marking that I'm working on shining up now! its been in the bottom of a rusty tool box at least 50 years probably longer!
Early - V - tools didn't have a part number. I have a unused set of line wrenches from about 1968 that have no part number. Also = V = and - V - tools that are pre 68 or 69 Have pointed A's. Not 100% certain on the year but never seen a post 1970 part numbered tool with pointed A's, I have a couple wrenches with rounded A's with no part number, guessing that was only made for a year or 2 in 68 or 69, maybe earlier 1970.
@@beardedthriftmachine thanks. How about the offset closed on both ends. Has 2 small "CI" and Craftsman is underlined? You got a video about those? (New sub here btw. Thanks for the reply.)
@@beardedthriftmachine I don’t know but i just bought the k4ab and k2x model from eBay today. You can tell the difference just looking at pictures they are higher quality.
Sadly if you watch videos or read reviews. New craftsman are not as good as old. New is good and I do own some and think it’s a good tool for a fair price but it’s not how it used to be. Cheap and amazing. USA grade Steel is like nothing else. The new ones bend a lot easier/flex and have more play.
Great information. I always wondered what to look for on wrenches. What about snap on and Mac Tools wrenches? Are they all good or is there markings to watch for on them also?
Have you sold any Williams tools? I am branching out with tools based on your history with them. I purchased a old Williams socket set at an estate sale for $10 with a vintage looking red metal tool box. I’ve looked up a couple of comps and just a couple of wrench pieces recently went for $76. There were several extra bags of miscellaneous sockets but I didn’t buy anymore. Had second thoughts and went back the next day but all were gone. Snooze you lose! Won’t next time. Thanks for the info.
What if it has a -v- with the first 2 numbers starting with 42, I noticed in your video the picture you used starts with 44, is that considered the same year?
I'm looking for a craftsman wrench and there's two of them a standard and metric and they have a multiple heads on both ends that flip into different size sockets I got at Kmart before they closed and I was robbed I would like to find another one of those I would like one of each if you could help me.😅
Hi i started my crafstman wrench collevtion all with the v made in USA, yet i still have to buy the rest of the large set, it would be that 7 wrenches, and ive found them on online for about 110 buck do u feel its worth it im so tempted???
3 weeks old or three years old this is still a great and informative video. I buy to build my own kit but I now have dabbled into collecting
I just found a few with the pointed a, one of them has the c underlining the branding and it says ci on either side, from my research it's from the 30's. It's an absolute relic and this is my first purchase. My new favorite hobby!
C1 stands for billings tool co its there forged stamp Billings made wrenches for craftsman at the time the Underlined Craftsman 1930s C1 8 pice wrench set starts at 1/4-1" it an amazing set the smaller wrenches can be harder to find but well worth it when put together I own a complete set the hardest set to get is craftsman chrome vanadium wrench set it is the very first set craftsman ever produced and is EXTREMELY HARD to find but I as well own a complete set to.I have 5 complete pre war craftsman sets and they are a fun hobby it's taken patience in hundreds if not thousands of dollars lol but wouldn't trade them for nothing if you have any questions about any pre war craftsman wrenches feel free to ask
I have a 122 set in a black Craftsman carry case. Got for Christmas in the 90's. Maybe used 3 or 4 times. 3 ratchets 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2" with 6 and 12 points metrick and standard deep and shallow sockets with a G on them. 12 combo wrenches, metrics and standard. Stamped Made in USA with the "V" on them. Very clean like new. Home use only. For sale. Make offer!
I’ll take then
@@Doomzday831 Make me an offer.
I have a similar box that's incomplete
Thanks for the content. I buy old tools alot. Sometimes whole garages. Found all these in one drawer as he goes through video.
Wow those v sockets I'm holding a handful. Thank you
Very nice - I sell them daily :)
Great video! Definitely soaked in the knowledge and I'll come back to this one go refresh my mind.
I stick with American made. I bypass that China garbage even if it's a wrench with a socket. I'll buy and restore old American tools to sell or keep depending on how bad I may want to keep it. I've been watching vintage Craftsman tools on sale. It has a few wrenches, couple sockets, two ratchets and extensions for $50. Now after watching this and to look for in Craftsman vintage tools, can see most of these are V between single dashes but the 1/2 ratchet is a V between double dashes. Now I'm strongly thinking of making an offer to this person
I can really use this info. My Dad left a lot of tools behind when he passed away.
I'm in the same place, dad died 2016. Looking more for info to clean them up, but as a lifelong sysco mechanic he had multiple sets. Ill keep one myself and let the rest go.
@@Steven-bq5fu I know the cleaning up part. That’s the part I love. The listing part is daunting. My Dad was an electrician, and I have, no joke, about 400 new lamp parts. 🥺
@@Queen_of_Hearts-Sharnell clean up tips then? For either rust or the grease? I don't want to damage any of the finish!
@@Steven-bq5fu have you tried Bar Keeper’s Friend?
Thanks, I’ll be checking my inventory and looking for more. I KNOW I paid too much, and possibly bought wrong. Though if it didn’t say USA 🇺🇸 I won’t buy it unless it’s a special German or Swiss Car or Machine tool. Car tool sets that came with BMW, Porsche, Mercedes, SAAB, Jaguar etc usually in a leather or canvas roll up or small trunk mounted box worth money. Same for OLD VW Beetle & Bus Jacks & Hubcaps us Horn Buttons and the old VW Chrome hood insignias too. Especially the big ones from Vans
Yea i agree.. anything original to a nice older car would ge worth money for people restoring them for sure.
i have a craftsman open ended 15/16 1 wrench with the forged in USA and v marking that I'm working on shining up now! its been in the bottom of a rusty tool box at least 50 years probably longer!
Very nice!!!! They sell pretty good. Thanks so much for watching!
Advice for cleaning them up? Removing old grease and rust
Good content I love tools and I sell on Ebay..thank you
Thank you
Great info thanks for sharing i enjoyed it !
I just purchased Craftsman VA USA wrenches all the way up to 1 1/4in. On eBay might of gotten some from you.
Awesome!!!
Fun video, tHanks. I added the link into the video I just posted. tHanks for all your research.
Awesome, thank you!
Good info, thanks keep up the good work
Thank you!!
Early - V - tools didn't have a part number. I have a unused set of line wrenches from about 1968 that have no part number. Also = V = and - V - tools that are pre 68 or 69 Have pointed A's. Not 100% certain on the year but never seen a post 1970 part numbered tool with pointed A's, I have a couple wrenches with rounded A's with no part number, guessing that was only made for a year or 2 in 68 or 69, maybe earlier 1970.
I wish I could re-sell tools, but they all end up in my tool box.
Same lol, I was just about to comment this 😂
I just bid on a set of Metric single line V craftsman combo wrenches. Wish me luck!
good luck!!! I hope you win them!
I have a set of VV combinations in good condition. Kinda hoped it would be older.
they are still good ones
@@beardedthriftmachine thanks. How about the offset closed on both ends. Has 2 small "CI" and Craftsman is underlined? You got a video about those? (New sub here btw. Thanks for the reply.)
I have a Craftsman breaker bar with the two lines on each side with a v in the middle with no serial number is it pre 1940s
Good info to have!
Thank you!
I have whole sets with v stampings, 6 point, set, 12 point sets, double box sets, mini set, obstruction wrech, offsets wrench sets!!!!
very nice
Thanks, just subsribed😄
@@jefftovani5535 I'd be keeping them lol
Craftsman Ratchets starting with k to me are the best.
What years were they made?
Thanks for watching
@@beardedthriftmachine I don’t know but i just bought the k4ab and k2x model from eBay today. You can tell the difference just looking at pictures they are higher quality.
@@THETRUEKING12 awesome! I'll be looking out for those. Thank you for the information.
@@THETRUEKING12 Sounds like those awful “quick release” “teardrop” ratchets, hopefully they’re at least USA versions
Craftsman -VV- started in the latter half of thr 1970's.
China craftsman is great quality too. They have been tested and don’t brake. Just because something is made in china doesn’t mean is low quality.
Usa sell better on the resell market in my opinion
Sadly if you watch videos or read reviews. New craftsman are not as good as old. New is good and I do own some and think it’s a good tool for a fair price but it’s not how it used to be. Cheap and amazing. USA grade Steel is like nothing else. The new ones bend a lot easier/flex and have more play.
Made in China Craftsman are shit
I have 2 with an underlined logo and ci code
The fabled 10mm deepwell V...
I got a VV in a set of V inverted V. I got 3/8 thru 3/4 for like 20 bucks. I'm hoping to find a metric set bc I hardly ever use standard.
Mines only have to parallel lines with no V but they’re forged in the USA what that means I have them over 15 years
Great information. I always wondered what to look for on wrenches. What about snap on and Mac Tools wrenches? Are they all good or is there markings to watch for on them also?
Those are pretty much always good if you find them.
I have codes E, V V, and V with the inverted V.
1" 1/8 from to 44699 1/4 set
Have you sold any Williams tools? I am branching out with tools based on your history with them. I purchased a old Williams socket set at an estate sale for $10 with a vintage looking red metal tool box. I’ve looked up a couple of comps and just a couple of wrench pieces recently went for $76. There were several extra bags of miscellaneous sockets but I didn’t buy anymore. Had second thoughts and went back the next day but all were gone. Snooze you lose! Won’t next time. Thanks for the info.
Yes I do well with Williams if they are in a set - if not i do sell the single sockets but they usually take awhile
thanks so much for watching!
I have some old Williams tools, sometimes JH Williams, extremely well made tools, higher quality than craftsman.
What about the v and the wrench size is on the head of the wrench?
look up the key word thin tappet - they have the numbers on the head
What if it has a -v- with the first 2 numbers starting with 42, I noticed in your video the picture you used starts with 44, is that considered the same year?
I have a 14mm six point combination wrench with a VA stamped on it. Anyone know what year it may be from?
Do you have A 28-30 and 30-32 mm double Boxend wrench for sale? Made in the USA V, VV,V^ Made in early eighties to early 2000s
i dont - box wrenches sell the fastest for me by far - ill look in storage though i have a couple tool boxes in there
Thanks for the info! Anytime I can learn about things to sell I’m happy 😊 where do you get your tools? Do you ever go to pawn shops to get them?
Usually through facebook or letgo. No never tried the pawn shop before. Thanks for watching!
Looking for an 18 mm 6 point combination wrench, made in USA.... can't find anywhere.
let me look in the inventory and in the garage. I might have one.
I'm looking for a craftsman wrench and there's two of them a standard and metric and they have a multiple heads on both ends that flip into different size sockets I got at Kmart before they closed and I was robbed I would like to find another one of those I would like one of each if you could help me.😅
I picked up 117 craftsman professional made in the usa combination wrenches for 75.00 . Was that a good deal and do they sell well
I have a lot of -v- and -vv- thank you
they are the best
I need a 1/2” drive 6 point 3/4” deep socket USA made. How much?
Hi i started my crafstman wrench collevtion all with the v made in USA, yet i still have to buy the rest of the large set, it would be that 7 wrenches, and ive found them on online for about 110 buck do u feel its worth it im so tempted???
That would be up to 1in? Or bigger
@@beardedthriftmachine from 13/16 to 1 1/8 im going to repaet 3/4
@@edgarmiranda8642 yes. They usually go for that much especially in good condition. I feel they will just go up in value.
I have to craftsman that say Japan are they good or bad?
i dont do too well with those - i have a couple still
V for -5 - Five letters of MONEY 😂
Are you still looking for -V- sockets?
Great content, Wondering if you would have a V or VV series double box-end 13mm-15mm wrench for sale???
I must likely do. I'll look. Do you have instagram?
@@beardedthriftmachine Unfortunately I do not.
@@07hdflhti I'll look tonight and see
New ones are no good. Sears sold Craftsman tools to Stanley/Black&Decker and most are made in china.
No wonder they are harder to find... when you tell people what to look for... never understood why people make videos of what they make money on. lol
to help others.....