This is a robust driver. Quite heavy with large bits. The tip pivots to five positions with heavy detents keeping it in place and a spring lock holding…
Pretty cool compound joint shears. Fairly lightweight, made of stamped steel, about 12.5″ long. I don’t know what that badge attached to the center joint is for, it…
I feel like I’m about to give an ear exam when I hold this thing. Pretty heavy duty, and a nice finish. Doesn’t feel like a cheap tool….
No markings on this one. Made well, very stout. Solid holding collet. Not much to say about it, it’s just cool looking.
This thing has no markings, except for the number 153 stamped under the cap on the back. It has what appears to be four countersinks and a hole…
Beautiful old German multitool. The attachments pivot into the handle and are held quite securely. You take them out kind of like you’re folding the blade on a…
Third installment of unidentified things. Expand my knowledge, if you can and would like to.
These planes were made until the 80’s in the US, then in England. I can’t find new ones for sale anywhere, so I guess they’re not made anymore….
Different names, same tool. These things are excellent, very nice for stitching heavy material, such as leather. CS Osbourne is still around and still makes these. I can’t…
I’m not sure how I ended up with four hoof trimmers, the closest I’ve ever been to a horse was petting one on the nose a few times….
People don’t seem to do much bearing scraping anymore. Not with this tool, anyway. Here’s a paper, published in 1981, that calls doing such an art: The Art…
Old, worn leather awls are often very lovely tools. Nice to hold and use, even when used for things other than their intended purpose. As is the case…
I.P. Hyde Curved Lip and Straight Lip knives. The only old Hyde catalog I’ve seen that contains knives like this is this one, page five. It looks like…
These are some things that I can’t definitively identify. I have lots of things like that, here’s a few. Know what any of these are? Let me…
I’m not sure I really understand this tool. Or, why this would be better than drilling a pilot hole. Unless the thread pitch of the screw you’re driving…
I’ve been on the lookout for one of these Boston sharpeners for a while now. The woman I got this one from told me that it used to…
“Determines pitches quickly and positively on bolts and nuts, pipes and fittings.” What about screws?
This is a really nice push drill. It’s really tight, has a good spring, and pushes with a lot of force. Came with all the bits too! It…
This is a miter box, branded Craftsman, but I believe made by Millers Falls, who acquired the company that was the original manufacturer, Langdon Mitre Box Company, in…
Nice old clamp that works perfectly. Jaws open to 3⅛”.
At least one of those is not a proper nail set. So? And related, an Oxwall #5704 Brad Pusher:
It’s just a level, but has some nice colors. Mayes is still around, but is now owned by Great Neck, along with Buck Bros. I’ve been to Tennessee…
This one’s in beautiful shape. Not a sniff of rust. The handle is missing the last “S” in Millers Falls so cleanly that it looks deliberate. The best…
Excellent tool. Very pleasing to open and close. I think Schollhorn bought the patent for the parallel jaw pliers from a dude called Bernard, then Sargent bought Schollhorn.
Can’t find too much information about Spear & Jackson gouges. They made them and I have one. It’s nice, even with a split handle. Had this tag on…
Beautiful Coes monkey wrench; works perfectly, smooth as new. Only rubbed off some superficial surface rust, nothing else. Doesn’t even need any oil, I can adjust it with…
Really nice, very heavy duty shears. This one seems to have an issue with its spring, I think I might just need to slip it back into place….
Someone wore away part of the finish on the handle with their unrelenting shearing. And the blade is perfect. A testament to good craftsmanship.
Don’t know much about these. I have seen that lots of companies made similar, or identical versions. I think they’re really nice.
I have four of these, actually, one has a broken spring. This site has some nice information about them.
How these companies relate to one another is a bit confusing, they’re all on this plane and blade. This site clears some of it up. This book might…
No maker’s mark on this one. Blade isn’t original, just found one that fit. Sanded it a little, wiped it with a linseed/beeswax mixture.
There’s not too much detailed information out there, that I’ve found, about Handyman planes. This one might be a C-32, or a 1220, or neither of those. I…
Looking at this site, it looks to be some sort of No. 9, I believe a Type 4. (1955 – 1966). Everything’s here and intact, except the japanning….
Just cleaned the rust off, I think. By all accounts a piece of junk. But, according to Patrick Leach, it was made for just under 100 years. And…
I have come across a few different names for this kind of knife; rope knife, and electrician’s knife being the most popular. There were fish knives nearby this…
It has a sticker on the handle, but not enough of it to make it out. It does say MADE IN JAPAN somewhere, too. It’s a nice tool,…
Never heard of this company, but a quick search tells me: The company was established as a partnership in 1875 in Girard, Pa., but did not incorporate under…
The markings on the blade are very faded, but I can see that it’s a Craftsman. It looks a lot like the 3619 at the bottom of page…
No maker markings on these. The black one says LSO and both say MADE IN USA. Some searching tells me that the black one, at least, is probably…
I cleaned this one up a bit. Soaked off the rust. Has a small chip on the knob, not a big deal. Otherwise, is in great shape.
I don’t know much about this plane. What you see here is what it came with. I found this page which states: “Dustin is documented as having worked…
This one looks rough, but I think it’ll clean up nice. I have the hardware that’s missing in the pictures, forgot to put it back on. I think…
Not cleaned up at all. I haven’t spent enough time with this site to figure out which model this is, exactly. I do know that lots of these…
Not touched, except to wipe the loose dirt off. Looks complete, including Stanley iron. The tote and knob are different colors, leading me to believe that one was…