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Adam Old Craftsman Hand tools
June 17th, 2005 01:59 AM
June 16, 2005 Old Craftsman Hand tools


There are several resources I've use for identifying old Sears hand tools.

This post is a good resource for text based communication. Most of the posters are very "in to" old Made in the US of A Craftsman hand tools.

There's one tool nut who's been collecting, restoring and using old woodworking tools for over 30 years and works at Sears as a ratchet rebuilder and who was formerly a Sears Tool Territory Tool Consultant, named Adam.

The always tempting eBay.com is a good resource under Collectibles/Tools, Hardware and Locks, with a Search on "Craftsman".

That will narrow the tools from 12 to 14 thousand to several hundred Craftsman tools. Some of them are Sears-Craftsman tools, others are generic craftsman or crafts "people" tools (like old woodworking planes).

I just got a Craftsman 14 inch Jack plane and an 18 inch Craftsman Fore plane from eBay. It's risky, but both are of acceptable quality for continued use.

If you have the time (and money), eBay sells old Craftsman catalogs all the time. I just picked up a Craftsman tools (hand tools) catalog from 1957.

There used to be two Craftsman catalogs (Power tools and Hand tools). The hand tool catalogs are rarer, but obtainable.

There is also a site that Sears does business with called The History Factory.

Guides to value are non-existent at this time.

A history search of past Craftsman tool winning bids on eBay will give you a reasonable price range of tools sold there in the past.

For instance, an 8-in-1 or "dog bone" wrench sells for between $27 and $87, depending on the tools condition and the number of tool "crazies" bidding.

I just lost a pre-Civil War strapped Carpenters' hammer. It went for over $147.
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