Restoration of a Rare Pre-War German Socket Set

[@crossbow1203]

Nice set but you are missing the Spark Plug Socket that fit in the handle of the ratchet, ie the 2 grooves.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Crossbow!!!!! You know I didn't even realize that!!!! I totally missed the fact that it had a different base! Now I have to keep an eye out for that piece!!! Thanks so much for pointing that out! I'm going to pin this comment!!!

[@crossbow1203]

Glad to help! My Grandfather, My father, myself and now my son are all mechanics and over the years we have collected a huge amount of tools. Some were tools that only worked for a single job on a single companies cars, for only a couple of years! So there are alot of mystery tools laying in our boxes! Maybe they will be worth more then scrap weight some day!

[@ScoutCrafter]

crossbow1203 - I couldn't for the life of me figure out what those slots in the handle were until you pointed it out! It probably was very obvious to you being a mechanic!!! Again thanks so much!! 😃👍

[@charlesjenkins1225]

Great Post Crossbow1203. I was thinking that, maybe, the slots in the handle of the ratchet were for a breaker bar extension. Cool to know what they were really made for .

[@slackjaw703]

This is why I love this channel, cool guy who loves cool tools who does cool restorations. What more could you possibly ask for? Just awesome. Thanks again for sharing with us!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi John! Thanks so much!! Spoken like a true tool lover!!! We are cut from the same mold! =)

[@mantaship]

Yeah! I just want some popcorn and a Coke, cause this is my movie happy place.

[@davidchristensen6908]

What a beautiful tool / art From 1925. This idea is almost 100 years old and we all recognize exactly what this tool is. I am happy you got ahold of this set.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello David! I got so lucky with the the two sets making one good one!! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@nicholashernandez1494]

What an incredible full set with the box and all the instructions are intact. You can blue it with your oven an give it that color back. Great video Scout glad to see a piece of history restored.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Nicholas! I was so lucky with this one! The two sets made one good one! Just a cool piece to have and share! Thanks so much!! 😃👍

[@kjamison5951]

Another great restoration! And the $13 set helped towards the $40 set! It’s great to see old tools like these gaining a new audience!

[@mardeeda]

This is by far the most addictive channel I've ever watched. I can't stop.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Daniel! I'm so glad you like the content!!! Thanks so much! 😃👍

[@patricklutz6384]

I just bought an almost complete set. I bought a single handle several years ago without knowing it was part of a set. Great to see the restoration.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Although these sets are dated by today's standards it's nice to look back at some interesting developments in the world of sockets! Thanks!!!!!!!

[@mrbenmall]

I really like how you choose the right amount of "restoration" for every project differently. To me, it really showcases your good taste and good judgement. You did just the right amount on this set. Beautiful set, beautifully done.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Thanks Ben! This is a unusual set but pretty cool! Another tool I won't ever use! LOL Thanks!!!!!!

[@adamwalters9680]

I kid you not. I open the you tube app hoping you will be at the top of my list! Thanks again for a brilliant video. Makes my day!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Adam! You have no idea how much I love to hear that! Thanks so much my friend!!! 😃👍

[@lmcbride3355]

This was a fascinating video to watch. Amazed you kept the directions under lid from getting even a little wet. Nice work. Nice bit of history.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Lee! I was very careful! I didn't want to mess up the instructions! Lol Thanks so much!!

[@elsdp-4560]

THANK YOU...for sharing. Very nice socket set.

[@robertfairburn9979]

Preservation of History.......Great buy and video

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello clive! Thanks so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! 😃👍

[@matsandresson4758]

Well done- again.It is great to see old tools brought back to life.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Mats Andresson! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@chrislusk5077]

Really enjoyed your presentation, thanks for the information.

[@mrfrankcastle083]

I'm a Harbor Freight guy but anybody should be able to appreciate this set (or sets) of old tools. Just imagine all the work these tools have done, how many cars it has helped repair...amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello mrfrankcastle083- There is nothing wrong with Harbor Freight! I have many of their tools!!' I'm so glad you enjoyed the set! Thanks!!!

[@adude7050]

Excellent video I like your flare for collecting. These videos have inspired me to pick up a couple of old pliers and wrenches and give them a restoration.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello A Dude! I'm so glad! This is an awesome hobby that is very rewarding and just fun!!! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@adude7050]

I found some wrench marked made in U.S.A. I thought you would like how can I send them to you?

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello A Dude, anytime you want to contact me you can by [e-mail] Thanks!!!!!!

[@Ricopolico]

I'm always in awe of your before and afters, Scout, but this one blew me away! Thanks for sharing this neat stuff with us.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Ricopolico! Thanks so much!!! I really appreciate that!!! 😃👍

[@Ricopolico]

Just make sure to let me know whenever you are having a garage sale, Scout.

[@frankg3072]

Congratulations on acquiring that set. You did a great restoration and thank you for explaining about the “sweet spot” on the wire brush and cleaning up of the box and instructions and all the little tid bits when you restore a tool like the grits of sandpaper the buffing etc. It’s like you’re the teacher and we’re the students. I LOVE IT! I don’t know if they have shop classes in school anymore but you would make a great teacher.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Frank! I'm so glad that added "talk" doesn't take away from the presentation... I really appreciate your feedback on these thing!!! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@marcmckenzie5110]

Frank, I wish that had shop class for we old farts! I've always wanted to learn machine shop skills - not for career, just because it is fascinating and very relaxing to work with hands.

[@frankg3072]

ScoutCrafter, the added talk and the real time presentation enhance the video in my opinion. It’s like taking an online course in tool restoration and you turn out several videos a week. ITS JUST GREAT!

[@alanmullock381]

Just enough restoration to keep it in mint condition-an odd-ball beauty!So lucky to have donor to create a full set ! A gooduseable design!👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Alan! I was lucky this time! Usually I wind up with two of the same broken parts from both sets! Lol. Thanks very much! 😃👍

[@davidk6271]

I was just about to come on and suggest a use for the holes in the handle - but you got there before me. Interesting set. Thanks for sharing.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello David ! The holes I can get, the slots behind the holes on the inside of the handle is a mystery to me! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@PatrikHagenvald]

WoW....=) Thats awesome. Love old tools and these once the most. Thanks for sharing..!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Patrik! Thanks so much!!!! 😃👍

[@lotsabirds]

That's a JACKPOT tool!! Always interesting and always informative!! I always look forward to these restorations!! The education provided with each video is remarkable! Of course, the NY twang makes me feel like I was back home on Lung Ilint!! Thanks!!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Bill! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Lol on the accent!! The look I get when I go out west is so funny!! 😳. Lol. Thanks very much!

[@lotsabirds]

@@ScoutCrafter Down here in FL, we recognize each other by certain secret code words...like DAWG and CAWFEE. Leaving Certain letters out helps!! Like Fawty SUhum dollas is a dead giveaway!! Makes me home sick for the days of my YUTE!! Lol! HAVE A FANTASTIC DAY!

[@ericspratt3164]

Now that’s art that people with callouses on their hands can appreciate. Love quality tools.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Eric! This tool was made by machinists who had a love for tools! Thanks so much!!!! 😃👍

[@johnkelley9877]

That is a really cool find! I have never seen a socket and ratchet set like that before. The restoration looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing this.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello John! I felt the same way! I just liked the way this was packaged and worked! Thanks so much! 😃👍

[@williammcguire3rd]

Cool socket set!! Did a good job.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello William! Thanks so much! A full set at last! 😃👍

[@mtmchenry]

Another great video. Interesting socket set.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Mike! Thanks so much!! 😃👍

[@easttexasnomad5981]

Never seen a socket set that came in a wood case. I like the case as much as the socket set. Nice history lesson. I learn something every time I tune in.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello East Texas Nomad- Years ago many socket sets came in wood boxes, they made some nice boxes too! Thanks!!! 😃👍

[@bisonuberti]

Excellent work. Most soothing videos. Two thumbs up.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello bison! Thanks so much! I really appreciate that! 😃👍

[@bisonuberti]

SC... I subscribed about a month ago?... when I found your first video. Now I look on my You Tube everyday for a new video anticipation. Thank you.

[@marcmckenzie5110]

Bison, I'm with you! I find these so relaxing that I'm beginning to dabble - all the fault of ScoutCrafter!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello bison! I try to put out a video every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.... 😃👍

[@balazstorok9265]

I'm so happy, that this beautiful set had been saved! Yes, it's in good hands now, thank you! Keep up, it's awesome!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Balázs! Two incomplete sets made one nice set!!! Win/win!! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

That was sweet! Cool ratchet too!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello InformationIsTheEdge - Pre war German stuff is always cool and rare! Thanks so much!! 😃👍

[@norherman]

Thank you Scout! Rare tool indeed. Good stuff.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello norherman! Two bad sets made one good set! Win win! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@jameshamilton6847]

Got to 1:43 and thought 'THE DAKE'! :-) Another great vid, thanks!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello James! Almost! It needed a little tweaking and straightening so I used Great Grampa’s vise! Thanks very much!!! 😃👍

[@jaydaniels3073]

Me too! Love that press.

[@darrinlawton2748]

Beautiful job.....That looks quality.....cheers mate.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Darrin! Not much pre-war German stuff floating around these days! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@dnixon1974dn]

Great vid Scout.. Fantastic job..

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Darren! Thanks so much! This was a cool set! =)

[@tinytreepublishing8383]

ScoutCrafter, nice video and awesome vintage tool. At 9:05 or so you mention not knowing where the 2 holes in the handle are for. Lock the ratchet in the “straight” position, run a stout screwdriver through those holes and you can use it like a giant T-handle to reach down into tight places. Thanks for sharing.

[@bobthelanternguy8640]

Guten Morgen Bruder excellent sir and am going to share this with dad. have a great day..... Bobby

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Bobby! Thanks so much!!!! I hope your Dad enjoys it!!!! =)

[@Rusty_ok]

Nice restore on a cool old tool. How can anyone give this video a thumbs down? I bet one of them is the guy that is pissed that he sold it to scout for $40.00

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Rusty Gun! Lol- It's hard to please everybody! 😃. I'm just glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@parlenkow]

Hello my friend!!! how are you!!! Very good Restoration interesting set wrench 1925; 1926 made in Germany. Definitely this country made good and quality tools advance mechanic ratchet for this years good tool set, continue please with your videos because are Cool!!!!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Wladimir!!!! Thanks very much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video!!!!!!

[@johnsobery]

Very neat little kit there. Maybe one day you can get the other set working.

[@ScoutCrafter]

HelloThe dad joke guy! Yes, it isn't too far gone but maybe someone will need some parts! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@skitch3000]

more socket sets and ratchets!! love your channel!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Justin! These are such great tools! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@masonmeyer1914]

Very cool set!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Mason! Thanks very much!!! Glad you enjoyed!!! 😃👍

[@Santiago-iv7oi]

Wow.. That's a nice set..

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Santiago! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@valsforge4318]

Man that came out real nice.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Val! I am so glad you liked the project and outcome! I just got another set I am going to start next week! Thanks!!!!!!

[@tommyvinson6]

Nice socket set.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Tommy, I was lucky to get the two sets to make one complete set! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@Anonymous-it5jw]

Great job, as you usually do! Thanks for the tip on the uses of the “sweet spot” on the wire wheel, and the value of getting and keeping a donor set for parts. Your efforts show us how an organized person using a relatively small work space can turn one man’s trash into showpieces. As to the steel rod, often people bend one end of a torque rod that goes into a handle or a deep socket, in order to keep the rod from falling out when you are in a tight place. I typically see this feature on sets of plumbers sockets.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Anonymous! I never knew that about bending the Rod! I've seen people using tape and other temporary fixes... Great stuff!!! Thanks so much!!!!

[@irwinmccook7942]

Wow, I have a set just like that but had no information on it.really cool, nice restoration!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Thanks so much Irwin!!!!! I am just missing the spark plug socket! =)

[@joeheilm]

Just great stuff all around! I'm glad you were able to make a full set, the original diagram on the inside is amazing. Also, great timing on the discussion about your wire wheel, I mention your various wire wheels in my Yankee 30A video that I just posted. Anyway, thanks for making and sharing this great content. Cheers.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Joe! It's so funny how we are always working on similar projects at the same time!!! I'm looking forward to your video!!! Thanks!! 😃👍

[@yrtuag]

Sweet ! Love it😎 great job👍👍👍

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Jim! I was so lucky with these two sets to get a working one! Thanks very much!!! 😃👍

[@yrtuag]

You're welcome, Sir 🤠

[@fabiandaroca]

Very nice job ScoutCrafter!!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Fabian! Thanks so much!!!!! I really appreciate that!!!!

[@tmgallday1]

I loved this one...thank you for soending your hard earned money to entertsin the channel! Great work Scout

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Kevin! I hate incomplete sets! I'm so glad I was able to make one full set from two bad sets! Thanks so much!! 😃👍

[@mxmstrbl]

totally awesome set for you. great and good restoration.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Melissa! How lucky was it to have the parts I needed in the other incomplete set?!? Lucky!!! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@progressiveprepper6553]

What a cool set ! Another great video my friend. Best tool channel on YT.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello P.P.! Thanks so much! I really appreciate that!!!!!

[@robertgibson7716]

great video as always cant wait for the next one

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello ROBERT! Thanks so much! Trying for Friday!!! 😃👍

[@jorgeace7745]

Beautiful set! Congrats!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Jorge! Thanks so much! 😃👍

[@johngibson3594]

Very nice cleaned up well

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello John! These were so nice to work with... Thanks so much!! 😃👍

[@georgechambers3197]

Well all I can say is WOW! That has to be one of the best tool restorations yet. I think you may have found a carreer here. ;-) Thanks I just can't get enough of these unusual tool videos!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello George! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video!!! Thanks so much!!! 👍

[@marcmckenzie5110]

While I love patina on many things, on tools I am becoming a convert to your way of thinking. Most patina has at least some amount of rust or other contaminants which would ultimately further damage the tool. And wow did this set clean up nicely! When I was an early teen, my grandmother gave me my long-gone grandfather's german scientific weight set - each beautifully milled brass piece in grams or factions thereof - held in a hardwood box, with slots drilled or shaped for every piece. A very quality item from the same era and the same country, he had purchased in preparation for medical school. I treated it like the crown jewels, but somewhere between marriage and children it just disappeared. I like to think it is hiding somewhere in our house in a box, but probably not. Sigh. The germans continue to be the world masters of mechanical design and tooling for sure.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Marc! You are so right! "Patina" is nothing more then a rust and tarnish mix... People have a strange attraction to that finish because they think of it as original, nothing can be further from the truth! Once you take a tool to the sander and see and smell the rust coming off you lose all respect for it. Just like those Brass weights in that set, when the set was new the brass had a luster to it then over time the brass becomes dull and brown... It's hard for people to accept old tools looking new. I understand that. When we go to a car show we don't want to see old junkers, we want to see restored cars that look like they did new! I bet that weight set of yours is still around your house packed away... There is no way you got rid it... One day you will find it and smile!!!!!! If the regret gets too big you can always buy another to hold you over! Since Digital scales came out the older manual scales are very available on eBay! Thanks very much!!!!!!!

[@marcmckenzie5110]

ScoutCrafter I think there are 2 other dynamics involved. One is that on many objects, some people feel more connected to the past and all who have used it - an emotional thing. The other is in some categories, full on restoration can damage provenance - or in the case of old stringed instruments, even destroy the intrinsic value (like Stradivarius varnish). But unless a given tool has significant historical value or purpose - I agree. Make the clean and functional again, lest they land in the dump!

[@daveogarf]

Job extremely well done, ScoutCrafter! Please keep up the excellent work.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Dave! Thanks so much!!!! Will do!! =)

[@jaydaniels3073]

Very nice! Love this...

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Jay! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks!!! 😃👍

[@КошмарКошмар-й2б]

Good restoration bro 👍👍👍👍

[@ScoutCrafter]

Thanks so much! You too are a tool lover!!!! =)

[@stevelewis1721]

Nice, thanks for sharing. I would be tempted to use cold bluing available from most firearm supply dealers if you think it was originally blued. I think that would be very appropriate and neat.

[@MsGamalier]

Love the set looks great

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello gam c! Something you won't see too often! Thanks very much! 😃👍

[@davebuts1921]

A great set mate.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Dave! Thanks so much!!!!!!

[@W210Garage]

Pure and Perfect German Engineering! Great.

[@lukespread]

Thanks Scout, keep em comin'.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Thanks Luke! Really appreciate that!!!

[@irvhawke199]

Awesome restoration of a vintage German socket set. I enjoyed watching your vid.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Irv! You don't see these too often! Thanks very much!!! 😃👍

[@ihrescue]

That set looks great. Nice work. I'd hate to think the eBay seller did well disclose some of the defects on your complete set. Still you got a gem.

[@Dardrum]

Those tools are WELL worth the $40 you spent, thanks for posting

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Dale! Thanks so much! It's a fading part of history! 😃👍

[@lordvengerx]

Oh wow these are neat and very interesting another great treasure from the past in the collection thanks for sharing with us :D

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Lord Venger! Thanks very much! I just liked the design for the time! 😃👍

[@lordvengerx]

@@ScoutCrafter your welcome and the wooden type box they came in is super neat to :D

[@scaleautoworkshop4426]

Wow, ScoutCrafter another great video. I saw the bend rod and thought the Dake, but no. I was wondering how to clean old/dirty wood. Thank you so much for sharing. Vaughn

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Vaughn! If you have some dirty wood that you aren't afraid of warpage a great cleaner is Murphy's Oil Soap! Works great!! Thanks!!!!!!!

[@joshuagarcia7791]

Wow even your Craftsman wire wheel is nice

[@kevinsmith1791]

I reiterate what John parker says well done 👍 interesting as usual.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Kevin! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@ocelot2234]

Great restoration video Scoutcrafter nice to see Socket sets being Restored Keep up the great work 😀👍🏻

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Ocelot! I'm trying to get more variety in! Lol. Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@NashRathbone]

Hi Scout. The bluing looks like colour case hardening to me.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Nash! I think you are spot on! Early example before the huge ovens were common! Thanks very much!!! 😃👍

[@jonathangriffin1120]

Hi Nash, that's what I thought, cyanide case hardening to be precise.

[@christophernewton2579]

@@jonathangriffin1120 could be the true color case harding process uses bone charcoal parts get packed in it then heated.

[@jonathangriffin1120]

@@christophernewton2579 The process you're referring to is carburising, when I was an apprentice the toolroom I worked at had a hardening shop, we used to carburise and cyanide, components to be carburised were packed in charcoal and heated in a muffle furnace overnight. The carbon used to penatrate to about 1/8". Cyanide hardening was quicker and done in a pot type furnace and quenched in cold water (made a lovely bang!) The case was thinner but you did get that cool colour.

[@timothyhope8063]

great job

[@ScoutCrafter]

Thanks Timothy! I really appreciate that!!!!

[@hmcnally]

I was really hoping to see the THE DAKE for that bent rod! ;) Cool tool, another great video!

[@ScoutCrafter]

I had to tweak the rod in two different directions so I just used great gramps's vise! I will have more Dake stuff soon! I promise!!!! Thanks so much!!!!!!

[@thevintagehope9929]

Great video, nice set! Could you tell me a good bench buffer to purchase, like the one you have? Thanks

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello CTC! Mine is 20+ years old so I have been out of the market for some time however if you look up Powertec BF600 on Amazon it runs less then $70-... This machine runs at 3450 rpm so it's made for buffing, if you want a wire brush wheel you want 1700 rpm... I don't own that machine but I think Joe from "Joe's shop" on youtube does... Hope that helps! Thanks

[@wayneshanks9005]

Nice old set Scout

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Wayne! We usually don't see to many pre war sets from Germany! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@stevef8993]

Schönes Werkzeugset!! Another nice video ScoutCrafter, always nice to see when the notifications pop up!!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Steve! Thanks so very much!! 😃👍

[@Michelle-Eden]

And I thought the Wera Zyklop was the first pivoting ratchet! Thanks for that. Especially liked the box (hate blow-mold). True story about German boxes: my uncle was in Germany during the second war. He had accumulated some swag to send home, and asked a German prisoner to make him a crate. After a few days the crate wasn't finished, so he went to investigate. The prisoner was making fine furniture! My uncle was like: "No, it's just for shipping, not storage," but the German didn't seem to understand the desire for poor quality! Love the German precision.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Michelle! That is an awesome story! It's so true the Germans never did anything 1/2-A$$! Lol. One thing that was a problem is many times they tended to over-complicate things and that was a problem. Lots of their designs including this ratchet head was over engineered and hard to repair or maintain... 😃👍

[@andrewtaylor7377]

It's a great feeling when you complete a set. I'd love to know just how much "hoard" you have stashed in that shop of yours! Thanks again for sharing. Andrew

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Andrew, I do have a problem, I've been taking in for 5 decades and nothing leaves! 😳. I need a barn! Lol. Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@ronsbeerreviewstools4361]

You have a very interesting channel, and that is quite the Ratchet from Stuttgart Germany, a favorite European city . Cheers !

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Ron! OKTOBERFEST!!!!!!! =D

[@rollerbald]

What a great old set. Nice work Scout - keep it up. Closing in on 10K - congrats!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello rollerbald! Going for the 10k kicking and scratching my way up! Lol. Thanks so much!! 😃👍

[@kadmaster]

Sir, great video again. I like the wrench set, I like restoration and I love the wrench box and box patina perfect, btw awesome job sir...

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Kadir!!! Thanks so much my friend!!!! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video!!!!!

[@mraamohamed]

Hello my friend I am on holiday so I am watching from my phone but wow that is a cool find I really like see that old kind of stuff hope you can find a way to fix the spare part set too. The gear ratio is not very fine like you said but for the time I am sure it was a show stopper for anyone who was a tool freak. Again thanks and keep the videos coming.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Abdulah! I hope you are enjoying your vacation!!! It's nice to take a break sometimes and check out a familiar video on KZbin! Thanks so very much!!!!!!

[@wyattoneable]

Another save of some great tools. I enjoy the history and information you come up with. Leave it to a German to make some of this quality.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Wyatt- The Germans never liked taking shortcuts... They really built things with heart and soul! 😃👍

[@vsvnrg3263]

ScoutCrafter ,great show. very interesting. it seems the germans had a reputation for cheap junk stuff around the turn of the 19th to 20th century from the point of view of the british. source of this info- comments on the antiques roadshow. many of us well remember the reputation of japanese stuff after the second world war. boy hasn't that changed. it may well happen with chinese stuff but i won't be holding my breath for that.

[@IgnatSolovey]

08:59 The manufacturer's mark is only that lozenge-shaped symbol. D.R.P. is not a manufacturer's mark. It stands for Deutsches Reichspatentamt (German State Patent Bureau). I remind that “Reich” means just “state”, as in independent entity, not as in the US state. For example, France in German language is “Frankreich”, literally “the state of Franks”, and Austria is ”Österreich”, “the Eastern state”, so, in general, “Reich” is not exclusively Hitler's “Third Reich”. The D.R.P. mark is seen on many German products since 1890s and up to 1945 (although officially in 1877 the patent office was founded as Kaiserliche Patentamt, “imperial patent office” so the mark should have been DKP) . Yet, the word “Reich” in application to Germany was abandoned exactly because of associations to what Hitler did. In July 1945 everything “Reich” (state) turned to everything “Bundes” (federal), so D.R.P. became D.B.P. (Deutsches Bundespatentamt, German Federal Patent Bureau), as well as “Reichspolizei” became “Bundespolizei”, “Reichskanzler” became “Bundeskanzler” and so forth. “Bund” means “union” or “federation” in German and, inherently, Yiddish. The official name of West Germany in 1949-1990 was, and for the united Germany since 1990 is “Bundesrepublik Deutschland” (BRD). East Germany of 1949-1990 was DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik; DDR). At the same time, Russian Federation is “Russische Föderation”, not “Bundesrepublik Russland”. In essence, D.R.P./D.B.P. marks mean the same as the USPTO patent numbers on the US products of the era: “the thing is patented, don't copy it without an appropriate permission”. The D.B.P. mark was used, as far as I know, until 1973. There was some clash then on intellectual property between the West Germany and East Germany. In East Germany similar organization was called Amt für Erfindungs- und Patentwesen der DDR (GDR Inventions and Patent office). Now the authority is called DPMA (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt, German Patent and Trademark Office). In the same July 1945 absolutely all DRP patents, including the most recent at the date, were made public domain by the US occupation administration (at least that's what I read and heard from multiple sources, Wikipedia says otherwise). That greatly influenced (I'd say even immensely boosted) American, French, British and Japanese production, especially when it came to precise machinery and other high technology. Japanese in particular, because that were freely available German solutions to use and creatively rework that Japanese camera and radio equipment manufacturers made really great use of (not in the least because military production in Japan was effectively banned and engineers had to find an area to apply their skills to benefit the country's economy). We would not have Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Olympus, Pentax, Bronica, Mamiya, Sony etc., as we have them since the late 1950s, if not for that opening of German patent vaults, and probably there would have been no “Japanese camera revolution”, or it would happen in the 1980s. Soviet camera manufacturing also benefited from that (between 1948 and roughly 1970 when Soviet camera - and many other - innovations flattened out), but Soviet Army just hauled whole production facilities complete with all documentation, stock and even engineers (from Jena to Krasnogorsk near Moscow and to Vileyka in Belarus, and from Dresden to Kiev in Ukraine). Greetings from Moscow, Russia.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Ignat! Thanks so much for the detailed explanation! I really appreciate that!!!!!

[@joshuagarcia7791]

$40 and chance to restore a piece of history? Priceless it’s in a wooden tool box WOW....

[@redskool8498]

awesome scout ... thanks for the vid ..†

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Reds Kool! Really glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks very much!!! 😃👍

[@stevesammut499]

That's a beautiful socket set. Brilliant restoration that has brought the set back to usefulness. I was thinking about the hollow handle with the slots...could it be for an extension that slotted in possibly held in by the holes that is used for the 'tommy bar'. This would give greater leverage for things like wheel nuts etc. Either way a brilliant tool.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Steve! I too was wondering about those slots!! The Germans didn't just machine slots for nothing! I would love to know! Thanks so much!! 😃👍

[@johncavanaugh6481]

To shift gears from old to newer tools. How do you maintain your ratcheting wrenches? Most are impossible to open (Blue Point and SnapOn are exceptions) which can make lubricating tricky.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello John! You can always siphon some lubricant thru the small seams around the mechanisms... I have a mechanic friend that puts his ratchets in a pail of transmission fluid once a year overnight... Swears by it! =) Thanks!!!!!

[@johncavanaugh6481]

ScoutCrafter I may to try the bath strategy, because the video below shows the awful process to disassemble one a ratchet like that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6mniomdftCZetU

[@christopherharrylang7424]

Really enjoy your videos and content. I would guess that the holes in the handle are there so that you can use the rod for leverage when the tool is extended straight. Probably why it was bent. Just a guess.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Christopher! You are exactly right! They must have been really torquing that rod to bend it! Thanks!!! 😃👍

[@LilasTools]

Super cool!

[@metalworker007]

Just found one - have you got links for the other videos on this set ..mine is a larger set with larger sockets and crow foot open end spanners with it ..all in BSW / Whitworth - have to make some parts for the larger ratchet - need to know what it looks like as originally inside i ...as the small angle ratchet has 4 spring loaded detents - the larger three detents so - i cant reference the small one as its different! mine came with the socket that presses into the handle its for a very large hexed spark plug - 1 inch , if its meant for that.

[@ScoutCrafter]

These are pretty rare these days as the ratcheting is quite coarse but such a cool set! So glad you got it!

[@BestUserNameUK]

You have a piece of history there, I wonder how many guys used this set to earn their living?

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello TD! Isn't that the beauty of holding an antique tool? Wondering the history and about the people who used it! Thinking one day someone might hold one of our tools and wonder about us! 🤔. Thanks very much!!!! 😃👍

[@OOTurok]

Can the cracked socket be repaired with a mig welder?

[@uktony1525]

Just one word, WOW. The set is fantastic and for it to survive for 90+ years is testament to the quality of its engineering. I am gobsmacked at the usefulness of this little kit and so much thought went into its design. Is it metric or Imperial?.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Tony! I wish I knew! It's a six point socket set so they will work on lots of sizes with a small amount of slop... The sizes aren't listed anywhere.. I could measure them but I probably won't be using it much! Thanks very much!!!!

[@1234cdsarver]

Pretty cool thank you

[@ScoutCrafter]

Thanks so much!!!!

[@jackfrost1031]

Great old tools. I've got an older set of channel locks where the handle covers (blue plastic) have chipped up pretty bad. Is there anything to do to restore the handle covers?

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello jackfrost1031! Good question, I don't know if PlastiDip would fill in cracks and repair the handles but I do know nothing beats Channellock handles! They are very durable! Thanks so much!!! 😃👍

[@derschafer1012]

DRP probably stands for Deutsches Reichspatent. The Deutsches Reich, or German Empire was from the late 19th century until 1945. It's a very old socket set.