Cool Old Tools

[orvet]

I see the Nicholson name on there.
Nicholson may be the only file company still making files in the USA!

Nice find Dimitri!

[Miller Bro's]

I see the Nicholson name on there.

It reads "Kearney & Foot Co." and under that "Nicholson File Co., Sucessor"

Nicholson may be the only file company still making files in the USA!

They are the only ones I know of. I bought some cheap files at Harbor Freight, the price is right but they don`t last, I even bent one of them it was so soft From now on I look at yard sales and flea markets for the old files like these K&F files I just bought you can see and feel the quality right away!

Nice find Dimitri!

Thanks Dale!

Anyone else have any old tools to show off? This thread has been inactive for 2 years

[FRJ]

Oh, I gotta try and dig some thing up. Hopefully something I haven't shown before. ....... tomorrow

[fergusontd]

An elderly man in his 80's brought this in to a Sears Hardware where my son-in-law worked, he said he bought it new in 1932. they gave him a brand new one, and then my son-in -law gave it to me for my collection. ftd

[Miller Bro's]

Wow! That`s the oldest Craftsman ratchet I have seen

[knife7knut]

That particular Craftsman stamping was used from about 1934 to 1948.I have a complete set of tools with the Circle H stamping that I keep in my Safari.There were two stampings used:the BE stamping and the Circle H and were made by New Britain Tool Co. The website Alloy Artifacts has some great info on old tools which is another of my addictions.

http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/index.html

[knife7knut]

Here are some more sets:
A set of 18 wrenches by Martin.
A special tool from Ford.
A set of Indestro tools from the 1930's.
A set of Hinsdale tools for Model T Fords.
An old tool box shaped like a Model T hood full of Ford tools.(paid $5 for all of it)
An old tool box and the drawer that has the images of the tools that were in it.

[knife7knut]

Last one is a box of Duro tools from the 1920's to 1930's.There were 3 different socket sets included:1/2" square drive;3/8" hex drive and 7/16" hex drive.Note the ratchets have a female end rather than the more modern male end.Also note in the upper part of the first photo the 4 point socket set. These were quite common on early motor vehicles. I bought the whole box for $14 and spent a week cleaning up the tools which had quite a bit of rust on them. They function fine now and I still use them occasionally in the shop.Some really odd size sockets in the set such as 17/32;19/32;21/32;25/32;and 31/32nds.

[orvet]

Awesome sets Ray!

[Salernoslim]

Cool as hell k7k!

[treefarmer]

If I remember correctly , the 21/32 socket was the size of the Model A rod bolt. Had to buy one when I was a "mere" child working on an old Model A.
Treefarmer

[Miller Bro's]

Ray, nice stuff! Thanks for showing them

[Miller Bro's]

All I can say is WOW!

This guy had one of just about every kind of wrench ever made!

http://s222.photobucket.com/user/buswre ... t=4&page=1

[FRJ]

Cant quite peg this one for use.
Anyone got any ideas?

Could not resist this beautifully designed and well made tool. 1/16" shy of 9 inches.
Got it on the bay for under $10.

Mfgs. logo is "STAHL" within a fish image. I believe it's German.
I googled them, they have lots of like modern tools but not this.

[orvet]

The design of the blades remind me of modern poultry shears.
Perhaps those were for small birds like quail?

Cool shears though!

[knife7knut]

Another possibility is they are pruning shears for use with bonsai trees and similar small shrubs.The axe-like piece on the end of the handle might be used to slice into a trunk for grafting.Again just speculation on my part.

On another note:
Here are some pictures of a very unusual too set I acquired last summer at a flea market. I thought I had posted pictures of it before but here goes.

Made by the Rex Wrench Co of Boston Massachusetts,it is one of the earliest socket sets I have encountered. The company was in business only from 1907 to 1916. The wrench handle is missing and was likely broken as one of the sockets in the set is cracked.I found a picture of the handle next to a ruler on the Alloy Artifacts site while researching this set and it appears to be a fairly easy piece to make;assuming you have access to a lathe which I do.
The handle is about the size of a medium length 1/2 inch drive extension with a cross-drilled hole in the top and instead of a square end has a U shaped bracket with a cross pin through the legs of the U. At the bottom of the U is a small spring loaded detent ball.
The operation consists of affixing the hook on the back of the socket through the pin and rotating it into position.The hook has 4 indentations in it that rest on the detent ball and provide for operation either straight or at 30-60-and 90 degrees to the wrench.
An unusual feature is the sockets do not have fractional sizes on them but numbers that correspond to a chart in the lid of the tool box to indicate which socket to use with what size bolt.
Anyway the whole thing only cost $15 and when the handle is completed it will be a very unique tool set.

[tjmurphy]

Cant quite peg this one for use.
Anyone got any ideas?

Could not resist this beautifully designed and well made tool. 1/16" shy of 9 inches.
Got it on the bay for under $10.

Mfgs. logo is "STAHL" within a fish image. I believe it's German.
I googled them, they have lots of like modern tools but not this.

Looks to me like a gasket cutting tool. One end to cut the gasket out and the other to scrape and clean the surface.

[ken98k]

Cant quite peg this one for use.
Anyone got any ideas?

Could not resist this beautifully designed and well made tool. 1/16" shy of 9 inches.
Got it on the bay for under $10.

Mfgs. logo is "STAHL" within a fish image. I believe it's German.
I googled them, they have lots of like modern tools but not this.

I would guess something to do with livestock.

[FRJ]

Thanks so much, guys.

[1967redrider]

Here's a good link with lots of good information and pictures;

http://www.multi-tool.org/vintage-combination-tools

[treefarmer]

1967redrider,
Now that was plumb interestin'!
When you think multi-tool, most time we only goes back to the early Leatherman.
Thanks for postin' those old pages!
Treefarmer

[philco]

Good stuff Redrider

[junebug]

too bad it is pickup only....
score for a JESSUP, MARYLAND local


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Heavy-metal-fla ... 46336c7e94

[Unk]

Here's an old Barrel Pump....has been in the family for decades. I finally got out and took some pics of it today (and I had an assistant to help me).

My cousin who gave it to me said they used it to refuel the tractors back in the 1920s and 1930s when he was a kid. He also gave me the attached pic of my family threshing wheat in 1936 in Osage Co., Oklahoma. I am assuming the pump was used to refuel the tractors in the pic. My grandfather is on tractor on the far right, in the white shirt.

[gino]

Great looking dog Unk, looks like a twin to my middle sons dog