Wow I hit an Indian Summer bonanza estate sale today. No GPA (well, I left a prop lantern in a plastic suicide case) but probably my best single stop (only stop) score so far for the year. Claim was 3 generations worth or stuff - I believe it!:
First item I picked up was the hewing hatchet. 4-1/2" blade and markings obscured by hr rust - Have to do something about that... A close second was the leather - I found the double buckle strap after I got it home... I'm guessing that is from Binocs or a camera case. Vaughn 6oz BP, and an unmarked clone of a Stanley 593A plastic face hammer
One of my last pics was this Pick! it has a mark I'll have to carefully unmask:
Grommets, another GAM Driver, 3 blade imperial and M. Klien and sons Knives, Yamaha and Plvmb wrenches, a nice German made mortise marking gauge, and a Waldon Drag link Driver Socket.
A Civil Defense box to be identified for use; -watch for the next CD object! - A Yankee #41 drill in box - I may be able to get the old masking tape off? its that old... - A sanding block, I have at least one other similar - maybe the same - and a wood plane;
Socket sets! 2 of SK deeps, one of the 3/8 is not SK and the 1/2 drive set may have one MIA - I need to find a catalog page. the Plvmb box is different, as it has rounded corners instead of being bent up from flat stock square.
Inside the Plvmb box is mostly Craftsman all metric - with 3 Taiwan orphans and a frozen RHFT that needs a soak.
A Roper Whitney #5 Jr punch with 4 of 7 sets of punches and dies. - Now my orphan non-Whitney clone can move on. I have one for each size of punch now.
Tap and Die sets! 2 are Greenfield Tap & Die (GTD) first one is all fractional, 1/4" or less - very unusua!, #2 is Numbered machine screw taps and dies plus the 1/4"; Third is very tiny taps and dies, likely gunsmith sizes. only one had a brand - Winter?
A Millers falls box with a Milers falls depth gauge:
A Cincinnati Drill index -steel, not aluminum, 2 short step blocks marked "Sarge" on one side and fractional heights on the other, and 2 Bernard compounds, -wire forming and nippers. I think the wire formers are missing a spring, I have to research that, but these will be users. for sure.
I've been wanting one of these vises, its a clamp on bench vise but modeled on the Blacksmith's vise. If I can find a "Wagon tongue" vise I'l have all three major varieties of these. The angle was added; Probably for stability, but the spiked claw pad on the bench screw indicates to me likely German origin. No marking so far...
The other Civil Defense thing; A geiger counter! I'm wondering if the other box is for calibration of the GC?
Inside are clean (both boxes) and both take D-cell batteries.
One of the first things I looked over, but added to my pile late, was this Mercury outboard tank - My second, like this; #1 I converted to a White gas/Coleman fuel refill station; This one after a clean out gets a new hose and my electric pump moved onto it and its a reserve for my rigs. 3 gallons is a nice size, fairly small anad not too heavy, but 3 gallons is plenty to get you to a gas station.
It will need cleaned out, it has near gelatined gas on the bottom (Napalm?) - I plan on giving it a long strong lye soak after some initial scraping.
Last pic was a curb PU from yesterday - Aluminum Extrusions - 1-1/2" X 47" and 1" X 48"
