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Have you guys ever read Looking for a Ship by John McPhee. If not, I highly recommend it.

Not sure how old exactly, but I have two J.M. King Button's patent pliers. The patent goes back to the immediate post-Civil War years...

I still have my uniform, pack and cook kit. Somewhere, I also have a few neckerchiefs and slides for them, and my Boy Scout NRA...

Didn't take to long to clean this one up. Filed off the casting lines that ran around the outside and inside perimeter of the handle...

I lightly sanded the rust off with a red scotch brite pad.Then I use foam backed polishing pads. The pads are 2 inch by 2 inch squares...

I never had a problem with that. But I did go through a couple pairs of Wallaby-clone shoes thanks to the edge on the rattrap pedals...

My one splurge buy for my French (Jeunet) 10-speed back in the early 1970s was a set of Campy cone wrenches. Still have them, though the...

This is my Italian Peanut butter bicycle wrench. Love the pebbles.

I found another old design Enderes 6-in-1 driver for $1 at a thrift store. Lacked one 2-sided bit - but I had a new spare in my of...

I bought a box of miscellaneous camping doo-dads from my neighbor's garage sale This Camillus fighting knife was in the box.... I asked...

Here's a couple of Electric Cut Co. single blade jacks from Newark, NJ....circa 1890-1910.

Maybe some saddle soap for the sheaths?