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What year did Ford change from the SQUARE shank to the ROUND shank screwdriver in tool kits?

It may be that there was a gap between the square shank and the round shank, filled by the screwdriver tip ground onto one of the pliers handles during T production. I believe the round shank came with the A model screwdriver. it too went right through the wooden handle just as the T one did.
US production may be different to the Canadian stuff with which I am familiar.

Allan from down under.

There was no round shank Model T screwdriver.

Terry,

I have never uncovered anything that would suggest T1902 was other than square shank all the way up until it was no longer in use being obsoleted in Oct 20.

There is no record of a T number ever being issued for anything else and 3z and 5z shop tool issues are always a tough act to follow and make sense of when an item is not stamped!

Tractor, "A", and V-8 screwdrivers are all round shank. I own one of them and it is stamped "FORD" on the wood, having been placed (I believe) post manufacture for perhaps identification in someone's tool box at the factory or Agency...I say that because it is an identical stamp as is occasionally found on tools obviously non-Ford in nature and in my opinion, were generally regarded as generic tools used in the factory or agency for non-assembly tasks.

Years ago I bought a used round shank screwdriver that had been used often as a paint stirer. The shank does not go through the handle like an A model one. It did have a nice wooden handle, so I bought it to go in a T tool roll, even though it was not "correct". Imagine my surprise when wire buffing the paint off the shaft revealed a perfect Ford script stamped into the shaft!

Allan from down under.