Mystery socket sets

[Bornfree]

Found these over Xmas while sorting some of my late father's stuff. No maker's name but the do have an arrow stamp and are a/f sizes. And the square drive is between 1/4 and 3/8.

 

[brightspark]

ex war department

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Found these over Xmas while sorting some of my late father's stuff. No maker's name but the do have an arrow stamp and are a/f sizes. And the square drive is between 1/4 and 3/8.View attachment 326490View attachment 326491

Gunners Socket set.

There should be a drawing in the lid showing sizes, gun they are used on and a Store number.

 

[frank horton]

luckily they are square drive and not the norm hex drive.....
think britool had was the main supplier..there was one other but quite rare "Tipco".....
when I started out 50 years ago u could get ex army snap-on stuff...all black oxide finish.....
mine all got nicked.....

 

[Bornfree]

luckily they are square drive and not the norm hex drive.....
think britool had was the main supplier..there was one other but quite rare "Tipco".....
when I started out 50 years ago u could get ex army snap-on stuff...all black oxide finish.....
mine all got nicked.....

They all have ASL stamped next to the arrow mark.

 

[Cobbler]

luckily they are square drive and not the norm hex drive.....
think britool had was the main supplier..there was one other but quite rare "Tipco".....
when I started out 50 years ago u could get ex army snap-on stuff...all black oxide finish.....
mine all got nicked.....

I still have one or two Whitworth 3/8 drive sockets marked with the WD broad arrow that I bought from an Exchange & Mart shop in 1965! I split the 5/16 one a while back, do you think it’s under guarantee still . The E & M shops used to be useful for second hand tools, all long gone.

 

[winchman]

Look like Britool to me, but as mentioned many other suppliers made random stuff for the War effort, I believe some factories just got a drawing and made one random component.
It looks like the Britool stamped sets we have had, its not 9/32drive is it?

 

[Bornfree]

Look like Britool to me, but as mentioned many other suppliers made random stuff for the War effort, I believe some factories just got a drawing and made one random component.
It looks like the Britool stamped sets we have had, its not 9/32drive is it?

It's between 1/4 and 3/8 drive so it could be.

 

[OJCar]

See you and raise you!

BA & AF 9/32" drive socket set issued to my Father in about 1958 as part of his REME toolkit.
Brand name Athol Super Chrome marked on the tools , box is not marked at all.

(I shan't repeate what he said to these socket sets being called "Gunners Socket Sets", it may well have been Military slang for something... ).

 

[winchman]

Talking to an older chap we know he told me after the war around the 50's and 60's his local surplus place had thousands of these style socket sets but none came with ratchets, so they added a usually Britool 1/4 drive ratchet and a 1./4 to 9/32 adaptor, still a nice usable set

 

[Turbo]

I have a 9/32" square drive ratchet, t-bar & short extension that I got somewhere. I was going to sell them but then discovered that they fit a PB Myford 3-jaw chuck.