Please help identify B&S mic set.

[Necovx300]

First off thanks for all the knowledge posted in the thousands of threads here.

I need help identifying the approximate years my set was made. I bought them at an auction. The set is in a wooden box like most big sets, it’s a metric set, and it’s the straight line version not the slant lines. They are in amazing condition!

Thanks!!

 

[PeteM]

Yours look to have the combination solid/friction thimbles and the metal locking levers (earlier than the plastic ones that followed). Can't see if you have carbide faces and a vernier? If so they're still one of the better micrometers ever made.

This style was made over a period of a couple decades, in at least two B&S locations. I have no idea why you care when they were made, but someone with a B&S catalog collection could narrow it down a bit.

 

[eKretz]

I'd say Pete is right on. Also about them being excellent micrometers. Some of my favorites for sure.

 

[Necovx300]

Thanks for the replies. They have “No. Kingstown, Pa” on each handle. The anvils look to be carbide (95% Sure). The thimbles are the type you described. Yes the locking levers are metal.

As for the year made question…. Purely my curiosity. I tend to like and buy older tools that are clearly made with more than a year lifespan in mind. The box is obviously old but the mics perform and look new.

 

[PeteM]

Thanks for the replies. They have “No. Kingstown, Pa” on each handle. . . ..

That would be No, Kingston, Rhode Island (not Pa). Earlier micrometer production was in Providence, RI. I'd guess yours were made mid 60's or later