What Vintage is this Screwdriver and Value?

jspick · May 27, 2017

This is one of those "I can't believe it" finds. I was in a pawn shop the other day and as I walked by the end of the counter, I saw behind the counter, a magnetic strip holding with tools on it. I saw this little S&W screwdriver. I knew it was an older one and asked the guy there if he would sell it. No, but picked it up and said "here you can have it".

So Wow I had the find of a life time! Well maybe not, but can anyone tell me the vintage of this S&W screwdriver and what it is worth?

Thanks, John

RKmesa · May 27, 2017

It looks to be a mid to late 1950's aluminium "8-row" knurled SAT. They routinely sell for $75-$120 on eBay. I would expect that the crud could be cleaned out of the handle and it would sell for somewhere in the $90 range.

These Sight Adjustment Tools, shipped with the 44 Magnums, like this:

For reference, here is a photo of some of the SATs that S&W shipped with their target revolvers:

Hope this helps,

apollo99 · May 27, 2017

It took him 15 minutes to answer the question, include a price and add pictures, That is simply amazing. My hat off to RKmesa. You are my screwdriver hero

gmborkovic · May 27, 2017

John, I know how you feel. Karma lives on. Best

weatherby · May 27, 2017

apollo99 said:
It took him 15 minutes to answer the question, include a price and add pictures, That is simply amazing. My hat off to RKmesa. You are my screwdriver hero

All I saw was the stocks....there were screwdrivers ?

jspick · May 27, 2017

weatherby said:
All I saw was the stocks....there were screwdrivers ?

YEA, Nice Ivory grips there RKmesa. And thanks for the info.
John

boykinlp · May 27, 2017

weatherby said:
All I saw was the stocks....there were screwdrivers ?

Yeah, the coloring on those ivory grips is superb!

RKmesa · May 27, 2017

boykinlp said:
Yeah, the coloring on those ivory grips is superb!

They really do have some beautiful color. Here's a link to a thread that I displayed a few more photos...

Aged Ivory on a 4" 5-Screw Pre-29

Note: I also still have the perfect set of cokes that came with the gun...

boykinlp · May 27, 2017

RKmesa said:
They really do have some beautiful color.

So, all I have to do is wait 50 years for my ivory to look like that?!

weatherby · May 27, 2017

boykinlp said:
So, all I have to do is wait 50 years for my ivory to look like that?!

60

boykinlp · May 27, 2017

weatherby said:
60

Whoa, those are very nice too! So, it is 60 now!

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