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My condolences for your father passing and I'm glad you could have such a fine collection of wrenches to remember him by...

Radar, wow, thanks so much for that research! $170 was no small sum in 1981...if only he had bought MSFT instead. Ha. I think I'll heed your advice and just use it - never been much of a collector in terms of "hoping for price appreciation" Thanks again!

Hi all. I just picked up this 257.191500 from owner's daughter (he passed away several years ago, but she just got around to selling it). It could be New In Box, but maybe used once briefly? My question: should I just keep this in the box and buy a beater? Or is there real value in it being in...

I came here to post this, you guys are fast! Did you buy these? They show pending now...

Oh wow. Thank you for what you do. We just moved from Florida to Whidbey Island, so I’m tracking the impact that the pythons are having on the ecosystem there. I’m so thankful to be somewhere without venomous and constrictor snakes!

Oh sorry, I guess I missed your post...those look fantastic! Congrats on the pickup. Really happy to see they went to a good home. And nope, sorry, I won't be any help filling those boards. But more importantly, I'm intrigued by the "Prohibited Reptiles" box that they are sitting on???? One has...

That's awesome! How do they look? I was really interested, but our household goods shipment had already left...so glad they went to you!

Wow, stunning! Good find!

Thanks for the dates! I was curious if they were pre-war. Here’s the next set

Hi all. I received my grandfather's tool box from my Dad over the weekend. I was expecting all Harbor Freight quality (granddad was a great guy, but he was notorious for going the cheap route). Turns out, his Dad spent some money on good tools and passed them down. Great Grandfather was a...

Awesome. Thanks for the spectacular insight and thoughtful reply. I've much to learn. Cheers, Matt

Found these in my father-in-law's tool collection as we are packing up for our move from the storage unit in St Pete, FL, to Oak Harbor, WA (our house flooded last fall in Hurricane Helene, so we're living with family while our new house on Whidbey Island is being renovated). Hopefully more to...

Haha. Yes, I have a lot to work on. Glad I just retired. Beautiful pliers for sure, thanks for the inspiration! Cheers, Matt

Thanks so much for this list. I've got quite a lot to do to catch up to your immense collection, which looks great by the way.

Wow! I'm super impressed. Happen to have a picture of the collection? Would love to see it. I actually lost all of my tools in a hurricane last year, so I've got a clean slate to rebuild with quality tools. Other than Kraeuters, are there any other lesser-known brands you would recommend...