Wingnutt's 2022 Flea Finds
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Wingnutt's 2022 Flea Finds
I really started the year off with a bang with some nice quality vintage tool hauls, but not too many items in the wartime military category.
Here's a pair of Wright Aeronautical tools.
The combo wrench ("800621") was made by Bonney. I don't know who made the 3/8-inch drive screwdriver attachment, but it's roll-stamped "WRIGHT AERO CORP" / "801794". I have no idea how the brass tip is attached, but I am guessing it was for a non-sparking use case. I have two different Wright wartime references, the 1943 British A.F.O. 438, and the 1944 Navy ASO Class 85, and neither stock number shows in either document. Which is odd. I have never struck out on a Wright tool with at least one of those, so it's strange to find two at once and neither listed.
1943 Starrett pocket guide.
Fairmount GMTK-spec (9") slip-joint combination pliers
Here's a pair of Wright Aeronautical tools.
The combo wrench ("800621") was made by Bonney. I don't know who made the 3/8-inch drive screwdriver attachment, but it's roll-stamped "WRIGHT AERO CORP" / "801794". I have no idea how the brass tip is attached, but I am guessing it was for a non-sparking use case. I have two different Wright wartime references, the 1943 British A.F.O. 438, and the 1944 Navy ASO Class 85, and neither stock number shows in either document. Which is odd. I have never struck out on a Wright tool with at least one of those, so it's strange to find two at once and neither listed.
1943 Starrett pocket guide.
Fairmount GMTK-spec (9") slip-joint combination pliers
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Continuing...
Corbin "USN MAGAZINE" shipboard lock (no key)
A devilishly numbered Allen hex key vinyl Handi-Pac kit with a postwar FSN, shown with my other postwar FSN kits and one, in the canvas holder, that I suspect could be much earlier and perhaps wartime.
And last, but not least, this little carved jolly sea captain or hobo, not sure which, that was MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN.
Corbin "USN MAGAZINE" shipboard lock (no key)
A devilishly numbered Allen hex key vinyl Handi-Pac kit with a postwar FSN, shown with my other postwar FSN kits and one, in the canvas holder, that I suspect could be much earlier and perhaps wartime.
And last, but not least, this little carved jolly sea captain or hobo, not sure which, that was MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN.
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Off to a good start in February...
1945 HKP parrot-beak M-1938 wire cutters, shown with my 1942 in the last pic
Bonney B25 long nose pliers
Hamilton w/FSN (I'll post more in the toolboxes thread)
1945 HKP parrot-beak M-1938 wire cutters, shown with my 1942 in the last pic
Bonney B25 long nose pliers
Hamilton w/FSN (I'll post more in the toolboxes thread)
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Picked these up at the flea yesterday...
Two (2) W-W 1131 (1-3/16") drag link bits. One is late war. You guys will recognize the one with the chipped tooth as being of the older GMTK RAPD image style. Look closely and you'll see it has been marked "U.S. ORD" with an electric pencil.
Plomb wartime GMK-spec carbon scraper. (Ignore the rope-braid socket, which is prewar.)
GM book on their Eastern Aircraft plants (Avenger, Wildcat)
Bubba needed a crowsfoot and snot-brazed a chopped Bonney 1/2-drive extension and a chopped Williams flare nut wrench together to get one.
Two (2) W-W 1131 (1-3/16") drag link bits. One is late war. You guys will recognize the one with the chipped tooth as being of the older GMTK RAPD image style. Look closely and you'll see it has been marked "U.S. ORD" with an electric pencil.
Plomb wartime GMK-spec carbon scraper. (Ignore the rope-braid socket, which is prewar.)
GM book on their Eastern Aircraft plants (Avenger, Wildcat)
Bubba needed a crowsfoot and snot-brazed a chopped Bonney 1/2-drive extension and a chopped Williams flare nut wrench together to get one.
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Nice finds Greg! Don may try to talk you out of the Plomb scraper.
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I’ve got the carbon scrapers covered but I like the wire cutters and I think the toolbox is amazing. I would hang on to that for sure. Looks think they were offering that style of drag link but in the 3/1/44 Walden catalog.
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Hey thanks, Phil. I'm probably going to sell the box, Don. I'm afraid if I keep it I'll start another GMTK. I have it on the other side of the basement from my spares bucket so the extras and orphans don't get any ideas.
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Picked up this HI-TENSILE Armstrong with a "taxi" number on it this morning. Odd and boring size (ISN 728) - neither Jeep, GMTK, or any other kit I am familiar with, but for $1, wasn't going to leave it behind.
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I found this partial Duro set last week in a used tools store. It was a on a shelf with vintage bushing driver sets. I think it was the odd size and shape of the box that probably led it to be misidentified. I will be on the hunt for the ratchet, spinner, and sliding tee.
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I also picked up this stenciling set in a trade with a guy from Colorado for a rare Vulcan 3/8-inch drive offset handle hinged ratchet I found last week.
The C.H. Hanson Company of Chicago had a contract with the US Army Quartermaster Corps and another with Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts during WWII...
And the federal specifications on the lid of the dovetail jointed wooden box can be found in many references dating to WWII
The boxes contain a complete set of 1/2" and 1" brass stencils, as alluded to on the lid, letters A-Z, numerals 0-9, and figures &, period, comma, and apostrophe, in each set.
You may note that the edges of each stencil are formed. That's because these stencils are the "lock-edge type" that I highlighted in the 1943 fed specs summary. Each left edge slips inside each right edge. It allows the stenciler to join the letters and figures continuously together to make whole words in a straight, uniform line. You may also notice that some of the stencils are blank. These allow the stenciler to handle the entire stencil as one object without touching the letter or number stencils.
Have to say, only one of each letter and figure in each set is limiting.
The C.H. Hanson Company of Chicago had a contract with the US Army Quartermaster Corps and another with Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts during WWII...
And the federal specifications on the lid of the dovetail jointed wooden box can be found in many references dating to WWII
The boxes contain a complete set of 1/2" and 1" brass stencils, as alluded to on the lid, letters A-Z, numerals 0-9, and figures &, period, comma, and apostrophe, in each set.
You may note that the edges of each stencil are formed. That's because these stencils are the "lock-edge type" that I highlighted in the 1943 fed specs summary. Each left edge slips inside each right edge. It allows the stenciler to join the letters and figures continuously together to make whole words in a straight, uniform line. You may also notice that some of the stencils are blank. These allow the stenciler to handle the entire stencil as one object without touching the letter or number stencils.
Have to say, only one of each letter and figure in each set is limiting.
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Can't believe it's April already. Time to do some catching up on March finds...
A ditty bag literally stenciled "DITTY BAG"
Imperial Brass flaring kit with wartime patent and one of those mysterious date-code looking "4-1" stamps
Another Indian 741 cylinder base nut "S" DBE wrench with the "41-W-2068" FSN.
Mossberg offset screwdriver with a gorgeous "ORD DEPT" marking.
An OD green steel wire spool with an APCO-Mossberg marking and a red "M" paint/ink stamp that looks suspiciously like various Signal Corps inspection marks.
A ditty bag literally stenciled "DITTY BAG"
Imperial Brass flaring kit with wartime patent and one of those mysterious date-code looking "4-1" stamps
Another Indian 741 cylinder base nut "S" DBE wrench with the "41-W-2068" FSN.
Mossberg offset screwdriver with a gorgeous "ORD DEPT" marking.
An OD green steel wire spool with an APCO-Mossberg marking and a red "M" paint/ink stamp that looks suspiciously like various Signal Corps inspection marks.
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My April and May were pretty much wiped out by my baseball schedule, but I did get out a few times, and found a few interesting things, including these magazines, all wartime...
...and a postwar fingerprint dusting kit that I just started a separate thread on, linked here.
...and a postwar fingerprint dusting kit that I just started a separate thread on, linked here.
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Wing- I love the brass stencil set. At our local market, there is one vendor who has a multitude of old treasures like these, but mostly 30's era machining items. One day, there it was- a perfect cardboard box with the brass stencils! Except it only had half of its contents, and even those contents were triples of the same letter. Perhaps should have still picked it up...
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Check the dimensions, that could be the rare GPW Spare Parts Kit "Ditty Bag"...HA!
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The draconian internet blocks that were put on my work laptop (which doubles as my play laptop) in a Microsnitch software update have been fixed, so I have some catching up to do with June, July, and August flea finds.
Here is a T-30-V throat mic (technically, laryngophone).
These are not quite as rare as unicorn farts, or even as rare as that dusting kit, but they're not commonly found in the wild, either, in my experience. If you're not familiar, the operation is fairly intuitive. You plug it in to a headset, clip that V shaped piece on your throat right over your voice box with the strap behind your neck. Those two black "pick-ups" (technically, transducers) absorb vibrations that get turned into scratchy speech inside earphones. Used by pilots and tankers, who otherwise would not be able to communicate with each other over all the loud background noise.
Ironically, they are kind of cultishly popular with rap beat boxers and a capella groups.
Made by the Shure Brothers, Chicago. The orange stamp is a Signal Corps marking. That's who supplied them to Armored Divisions and Air Corps. It could've been provided under any of the yellow highlighted "T-30" microphone contracts shown in the pic below. Shure Bros made $8M worth of these and headsets during WWII!
Here is a T-30-V throat mic (technically, laryngophone).
These are not quite as rare as unicorn farts, or even as rare as that dusting kit, but they're not commonly found in the wild, either, in my experience. If you're not familiar, the operation is fairly intuitive. You plug it in to a headset, clip that V shaped piece on your throat right over your voice box with the strap behind your neck. Those two black "pick-ups" (technically, transducers) absorb vibrations that get turned into scratchy speech inside earphones. Used by pilots and tankers, who otherwise would not be able to communicate with each other over all the loud background noise.
Ironically, they are kind of cultishly popular with rap beat boxers and a capella groups.
Made by the Shure Brothers, Chicago. The orange stamp is a Signal Corps marking. That's who supplied them to Armored Divisions and Air Corps. It could've been provided under any of the yellow highlighted "T-30" microphone contracts shown in the pic below. Shure Bros made $8M worth of these and headsets during WWII!
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