1949 pliers wil**son brand...anyone heard of em

[steveo3002]

found a old pair of pliers in my dads old stuff

cleaned em up and i can make out 19 ^49 wil??son brand

anyone heard of em ...just intrested thats all

 

[rtbcomp]

Wilkinson as in "Wilkinson Sword?"

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22wilkinson+pliers%22

 

[steveo3002]

hmm must be those...they do look rather similar

another auctions says they came in rolls royce tool kits

 

[rtbcomp]

I bought an old workshop and there were loads of small greaseguns in it. I took them to an Autojumble and one guy bought the lot - he said they were from Jaguar toolkits.

It was quite common for cars upto the immediate postwar period to have a drawer under the dash with a proper toolkit, inlaid in rubber, in it.