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Early pre-lateral Stanley 4½ smooth plane (Type 4). It is 10” long with a 2 3/8” wide cutter. Stanley began manufacturing the 4½...

Thanks guys! I was quite pleased to get them. They need a little cleanup and love, but that’s easy enough. I’ll add in my Humpty Dumpty...

These are a couple vises I was thrilled to receive recently: Prentiss № 31 (Nickel-Plated): 1 ¾” jaws, 1 ½ lbs Prentiss № 32...

Thanks for your reply - I've picked up my actual two axes now from the gov't surplus warehouse, so have better pictures than the "stock"...

Been absent with the influx of family for the 4th … My father-in-law was a painting and wallpaper contractor after serving in WWII. He...

I got a neat little None better 1/4” set in the mail yesterday. I bought it for the nice intact label, but I also kind of like the...

Picked up a Prentiss No.21 and Reed 404½ from a friend's father a few weeks back. About $50 each is what I gave for them (sort of a...

I couldn’t resist this at a local yard sale on Saturday, especially after I heard the price. I put it in my drawer of antique...

Same clamp twice, but I'm not sure it will work, these are SS clamp pads...

Here's another one that's been kicking around for a while, a Williams 4" No. 404, looks like 1937 still had the wing handle instead of...

Here's my contribution after so many years of accumulating clamps, I finally remembered to get a picture of two recent scores on...

^ Thanks! Aircraft / Aircraft Tools Inc., 750 E. Gage St., Los Angeles, CA (also Aircraft Tool Inc.) / "Aeroloy" pliers, spring tension...

Don’t laugh fellas - I’ve had this old space heater I nabbed out of the scrap for a little while now, as it had some handy looking...

That will be a beast of a user! That's the premium line of tools compared to my Scioto posted above. Wedge the handle forward when you...

As part of the long ongoing process of cleaning out my parents house I (re)discovered this Ohio Tool #27 Jointer Plane. I remember it...