Recent content by oldpliers1

I would like to show you some of my stuff I have collected since a teenager apprentice as I live a long way from the Americas most have been sourced locally and a few items from USA

I bought a pile of Sidchrome pliers new all insulated and the yellow handles for 8$ a pair in late 84 I have most of them still, but I’m after a few pairs to finish off a Sidchrome board. being electrical rather than mechanical my spanners were individual items and related to my trade. like your...

I never saw sidalloy , Daniel forge yes , always the high end Sidchrome stuff, sold through Paul’s hardware George st , Nock & Kirby’s sold some unusual brands Like great neck. and a mix of stuff at the local hardware stores, as FHP were a main distributor.

Is it a Japanese made item ? I have bought a few Klein Japanese items and they are very good quality.

Choice Bro! I have had some good rare stuff come from NZ, there ebay equivalent gets some good stuff but they don’t like to post to OZ. yet I picked up locally recently stuff I had been looking for for 40 years mint and boxed . Happy hunting regards A

Were they local finds ? I’m on the east coast and do not come across those CeeTee always crescent and mostly ordinary. Regards A

Nice

Here are a pair of 50-7T lineman pliers I picked up a few pairs all boxed some were tatty boxes made between 69 and early 77

That’s really nice I have a few crescent boards but I have not seen that item ever , I gather it’s circa 1965 . Thank you for sharing.

Being a electrical contractor and being in the South Pacific, it has always been a miss match of products , European and imperial threads and add in BA and American fine pitch, with the loss of local terminals and lug manufacturing, and the varying tolerances on products , In particular we go...

Use them all the time on electrical switchgear ( high current switchgear up to 2000 amps ) and on medical equipment I prefer hex key heads over bolts , no issues with bolt and nut burrs . It’s subjective and job specific.

I can not look at the crescent range in a modern tool store , it disgusts me, and it’s the country of manufacture which is the problem, go offshore, make more profit by selling inferior product. In my part of the world they have become a handyman’s tool not a tradesman tool very sad .

I do have a pair not sure what size ( need to check ) a local has a mint boxed pair for a reasonable price, which I think I should buy. They are not a common item to find in this part of the world , unlike the UK snips,and the Wiss Aviation snips . I like the your interesting finds . Regards A

That’s a great question, I i gather he was there from the late 70s but has been on a long quest with a lot of new old stock back to the sets in the late 50s . He is in WA , I personally have had some incredible finds from WA mint boxed items . Closed mines and bush suppliers. My brother has a...

Nice , what is the snip length ?