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13th August 2010, 11:26 PM #31Member
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13th August 2010, 11:32 PM #32Intermediate Member
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Sidchrome made in australia sockets and spanners are like gold they keep increasing in value and reach ridicoulous amounts, look at this socket set on ebay i found before before its gone up to 650 bucks and has 8 days to go still,
Sidchrome Socket set - eBay Socket Sets, Hand Tools, Tools, Home. (end time 18-Aug-10 20:02:15 AEST)
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14th August 2010, 01:08 PM #33Member
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so mine may be worth a few $ then!
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23rd August 2010, 03:34 PM #34Senior Member
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Hi Rocket..
The "SDF" logo stands for Siddons Drop Forgings.. and acccording to info on the web, was formed in 1942.
Have attached a pic of a pair of spanners with similar logo's.. both from the 1940's
The top spanner was apparently made by Siddons for Edward George Vaughn, a hardware merchant .. apparently he acted as an agent for Siddons !?
Below it is another EGV spanner but this one is marked Sidchrome ..
I would assume that these predate the SDF marked spanners..
Ken.
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23rd August 2010, 04:21 PM #35Member
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thanks for that Ken, so it seems the symbol is the same but the letters within changed over the years.
Spanner collecting is pretty big overseas by the sound of it, I wonder how many people collect our local tool history? They seem to be getting expensive, so there must be some collectors out there.
Put your hands up if you are a collector of Oz tools
rod
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25th August 2010, 04:51 PM #36Senior Member
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Sidalloy
Hi all.
Dug out my small assortment of Sidalloy open enders.. According to the trade mark application this was another brand that was manufactured by Siddons.
I have never seen anything but open enders with this marking..and they are not as common as the regular Sidchrome spanners.
I sometimes wonder if they were made as a budget line or for some particular hardware store !.. overseas orders ?
Ken.
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