That's one cool looking ratchet Don!! You have a good eye for vintage tools!!!!

Nice find bruv. I love the recognition of earlier times with your grandpa.

Great find, thanks for sharing.

I love that handle!

I bought a new Snap-On 3/8" drive swivel head ratchet in '88, that thing broke every other time I used it for normal tasks. After the third time in less than a month it was the Snap-On dealer who suggested I buy SK ratchets and then gave me crap about the warrantee. All of a sudden the supply of rebuild kits evaporated, backordered indefinitely. That crap ended quickly when a lawyer got involved and corporate found out, I ended my association with Snap-On over that and bought SK ratchets as had been suggested, and continued to use my old Easco as well. I never broke any of my Easco ratchets, and only wore out the pivots on my SK swivel head ratchets. These round head ratchets may not do well in tight quarters, but they hold up very well over the long term. I still pick them up at estate sales. That Snap-On ratchet was replaced with a new one, and I tossed it into a closet where it remains to this day. Indestro made good tools, and like the name implied they could stand up to commercial use.

Those were actually pretty strong ratchets great video

Wright still makes open head ratchets, they even have a dual sided one with 3/8 and 1/4 inch drive (# 3482)