KR Wilson Tools - Original Color

[mrraford]

Over the years I've seen several variations of paint colors for KR Wilson tools. Rust, Red and Battleship Gray seem to be the dominant colors.
Anyone here want to weigh in on what these tools looked like originally? I am making a project out of cleaning up some of my rusty collection.

[stevests]

I have several pieces of KRW equipment from the Model T era - they're red.

[Steve Schmauch]

I have several also from the Model A era. They are green.

[Dan McEachern]

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I'm no expert, but I own a fair amount of KRW tools that were one owner away from the KRW dealer in Oakland, Ca when I found them almost 40 years ago. The majority of the tools have original paint on them and most of them are red. I recall one Model T tool that was green, but as I recall, everything else was/is red. The T tool may have been part of a later batch made after the switch was made to green but....

I have a fair amount of V-8 tools and they are all red as well.