Cool Old Tools

[Miller Bro's]

Picked up an old tack hammer at a junk store and noticed the name after getting it home. It must have came off the handle and been reinstalled at some point, it’s got a wedge and 3 tacks in the handle end to secure the head.

Nice one!

[GSPTOPDOG]

Cleaning up old tools.... and a few knives, spears, machetes .... etc... etc...

[Lama]

I was going to sell these Sargent & Bernard parallel pliers and side cutters. Then I thought, I might need them for something sometime down the road. Plus they’re so well engineered, just like looking and playing with them. Now they’re living in the tool chest with fifteen or so other pairs of pliers I might need sometime.

[FRJ]

I was going to sell these Sargent & Bernard parallel pliers and side cutters. Then I thought, I might need them for something sometime down the road. Plus they’re so well engineered, just like looking and playing with them. Now they’re living in the tool chest with fifteen or so other pairs of pliers I might need sometime.

Nice parallels.
Those parallel jaws can be quite desirous at times. Pulling pins comes to mind.
Everyone should have a pair of parallels.

[Lama]

Thanks. They sure beat slip joints.

[Unk]

Nice finds, Top Dog! Lama, I am going to have to get me a pair of those Bernard's!

I found this pair of Snap-On angled needle nose pliers at an estate ale recently. Model 497. Made in 1967, according to the date code on the handle.

[GSPTOPDOG]

After cleanup... well most of the cleanup that is ....

[GSPTOPDOG]

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[GSPTOPDOG]

Nice finds, Top Dog! Lama, I am going to have to get me a pair of those Bernard's!

I found this pair of Snap-On angled needle nose pliers at an estate ale recently. Model 497. Made in 1967, according to the date code on the handle.

Snap-on is always a great estate sale find Unk! Nice work .... The only thing that might could be better would be finding a Blue Point, ratchet sitting in the middle of the street, just waiting for a poor boy to come along and find it .....

[GSPTOPDOG]

Nice finds, Top Dog! Lama, I am going to have to get me a pair of those Bernard's!

I found this pair of Snap-On angled needle nose pliers at an estate ale recently.

One question: the estate ale .... was it an "India Pale Estate Ale" by any chance?

[Unk]

Nice finds, Top Dog! Lama, I am going to have to get me a pair of those Bernard's!

I found this pair of Snap-On angled needle nose pliers at an estate ale recently.

One question: the estate ale .... was it an "India Pale Estate Ale" by any chance?

No, just an old man's fat fingers.

Those old machete's cleaned up nice!

[bighomer]

Mike great pickup on those needle nose pliers, they look like they'd be handy as pockets on a shirt.

Dog great job on the clean up.

[GSPTOPDOG]

Mike great pickup on those needle nose pliers, they look like they'd be handy as pockets on a shirt.

Dog great job on the clean up.

Thanks B.H.

[GSPTOPDOG]

Those old machete's cleaned up nice!

Thanks Unk!

[Unk]

I previously showed a few pictures of this old Snap-on brass mallet I picked up a few weeks ago. I finally got around to cleaning it up. Both faces were badly mushroomed and not level. A little hammering on the anvil, sanding on the bench sander, along with a little file work, and it looks a little better. I decided not to put a high polish on it - it will be a user.

[eveled]

Cleaning up old tools.... and a few knives, spears, machetes .... etc... etc...

I’m very surprised that old pipe wrench says PROTO on it. It is almost certainly a Stilson. PROTO probably had Stilson make it for them.

Very interesting.

[FRJ]

I previously showed a few pictures of this old Snap-on brass mallet I picked up a few weeks ago. I finally got around to cleaning it up. Both faces were badly mushroomed and not level. A little hammering on the anvil, sanding on the bench sander, along with a little file work, and it looks a little better. I decided not to put a high polish on it - it will be a user.

Oh, that Snap-on looks so much better, Mike. Good job on that cleanup.

[Unk]

Oh, that Snap-on looks so much better, Mike. Good job on that cleanup.

Thanks Joe. I haven't ever had any Snap-On tools before, but have picked up a couple recently. I think it is really cool that they put date codes on them, so you can quickly tell what year the tool was made. I never knew this until recently. My brass hammer dates to 1965 - I was only 4 years old!

[GSPTOPDOG]

I previously showed a few pictures of this old Snap-on brass mallet I picked up a few weeks ago. I finally got around to cleaning it up. Both faces were badly mushroomed and not level. A little hammering on the anvil, sanding on the bench sander, along with a little file work, and it looks a little better. I decided not to put a high polish on it - it will be a user.

Great job! Looks 100% better

[GSPTOPDOG]

I’m very surprised that old pipe wrench says PROTO on it. It is almost certainly a Stilson. PROTO probably had Stilson make it for them.

I thought the made in "Los Angeles" stamp was strange, as I thought that Proto was made in Texas*....

*Proto hand tools are engineered, manufactured, and tested in the Dallas, Texas. First founded as Plomb Tools, is now a division of Stanley Black & Decker.

[Mumbleypeg]

While searching through the tool box I found this

I didn't remember it and couldn't figure out what it is. After studying on it a little, it's part of a hole saw. Now to remember where the rest of it is, so I can put it all together.

Ken

[Unk]

While searching through the tool box I found this

I didn't remember it and couldn't figure out what it is. After studying on it a little, it's part of a hole saw. Now to remember where the rest of it is, so I can put it all together.

Ken

Ken,

So what you are saying is........You can't use the hole saw to saw a hole until find the whole hole saw?

[Mumbleypeg]

While searching through the tool box I found this

I didn't remember it and couldn't figure out what it is. After studying on it a little, it's part of a hole saw. Now to remember where the rest of it is, so I can put it all together.

Ken

Ken,

So what you are saying is........You can't use the hole saw to saw a hole until find the whole hole saw?

That pretty much sums it up.

Actually I have another set. I probably bought it because I couldn’t find the one I already had (the one you see in the picture). The good news is I don’t need to cut any holes right now.

Ken

[eveled]

It was raining so I organized my Estwing collection.
These are the carpentry masonry and geology hammers.

But the cool old tool is at the top An old hay saw.

The Ball pein, tinners and welders hammers are in the metal shop.

[TripleF]

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Amazing scores bro!!!!