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Estate sale: ($65): Unicorn Strings bowed psaltery; Leupold GX-2i3 golf rangefinder (NIB); Columbian vise 6CD; Sony ED2 mini-stereo; Snap On general service set. Must admit the bowed psaltery isn't my favorite instrument. The vise I actually picked up at the end of a different estate sale...

Super slow here in Des Moines. 2 weeks and 5 estates sale later and all I've got to show for the effort is a toaster and a pair of clarinets. Figured, I'd post just to keep in touch. Toastwell 740 manual ($5) Bb and A Buffet Crampon (Carl Fisher) R16 one piece full Boehm clarinets. Serial...

Sooo close. Added in 2 missing sockets and 2 - 3/8" converters, which I have no idea if they go with the set, but they fit. Now just short the 13/32" (13M). I guess it's the hunt, not the capture. I've got extra 1/4": 6m, 8, 10, 11 if you're looking for one.

Estate sales ($45): Set of 12 Millers Falls No. 3 carving tools; CE Potter, Sapulpa, OK nut cracker; Sargent VBM 4" drawknife; Set of 4 Double Cherry chip carving knives; Takara Pocket Critter, Cat (kitty kitty) key chain; Thorsen ratchet, extension and 1/4" sockets; 2 - Bear Norton CS44 course...

Carving tools No. 3

Estate sale ($20): 1957 WFL Ludwig Supreme Concert Snare / Pioneer (model 491) /w original WFL stand Youngest daughter's going to take drum lessons and was going to give her my pioneer snare (1959), but now I don't have to.

Only time sailing with no PFD, bzzr's in hand and zero attention to the wind, actually works.

Estate sale ($15): Skipper pond boats - 21" Blue Water and a 12" Estuary (Millennium 2000)

Estate sale ($3): Plumb national pattern (2.5#) hatchet; Gransfor Bruk (1.1#) hatchet. The plumb handle looks the right color, but unsure as to whether they made a national pattern with a straight handle. First Gransfors Bruks found in the wild. The handle is stamped "STRO-BRO" and below it...

Estate sale ($15): Books and a game. The game is pretty cool. It's a series of interlocking cards that you use to build a fable.

Estate sale ($25): Benjamin 3100 BB gun. Knew it was going to need a new seal kit, but found out it takes a special tool to install, plus it needed a new pump lever spring. Just didn't have the gumption to do the work. Listed it for $140 on fleabay for parts and sold in minutes. Neat gun.

Estate sales ($216): Pfaff oil can, Dunlop 5244 vise; Stanley Four Square no. 5-1/4; Disston D-8 Dual Grip rip saw (Philada 1896-1917); Horner 150th anniversary and Chromonica 260 harmonicas; Zim Gar bongos; M126A1 Signal illumination ground red star parachute; Rockwell and Duncan Model 60...

Nice score. Dig the Palmgren machinist vise plus all the precision gear... for $50. That's definitely a U-****

Whoa that's a nice Hout drill box. Smaller ones show up at industrial auctions and I'm always surprised how much they go for. That's definitely a U **** for picking that up free.

Estate sale ($40): 22" Jet scroll saw (JWSS-22B) w/ OEM stand and pedal: Floor stand tools seem to hit some sort of ceiling and then they're all $40 regardless of manufacturer. I guess they're just not enough demand to actually figure out a price.