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I thought this was permanent damage too, but I decided to try polishing for the heck of it. Chance to buy more tools, right? It works! In the attached photo, the central streak of gray is where I had used the brass brush the hardest. Surrounding, lighter gray is also brush damage. The...

Hey guys, Please remove this if it's not forum appropriate, but I figure with all the talent here, someone knows what to do. And maybe it's relevant to some garage work. I tried using a brass brush to clean heavy dirt off the bottom of my white (fiberglass?) bathtub. It worked well. Too well...

Great idea, Woody. They're both marked 1000-10. This website: alloy-artifacts.org/utica-tool.html#utica-1000-early has this to say about the angled slot I was curious about: "The patent pending status is refers to patent #942,504, filed by H.F. Kellemen in 1909 and issued later that year...

Bought both of these the other day. 10.5 inches long. Utica, NY, USA. One is stamped, the other is laser engraved. The laser one is in better condition. The stamped one is probably just older and harder used (some chip marks are present). Otherwise, they seem the same. Could be that they...