Recent content by Packerdad

Walked in a beat up old antique store the other day and about jumped out of my pants when I saw this on the wall. He knew what he had, won't sell it, clock works and the neon works. He said it is probably worth $2K. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Any info on it? What might the value...

Looks like a great place to start! Keep that collection going!

I do want to say if anyone wants to see a snapshot of tool history from the 1856, go to the Arabia Steamboat Museum in Kansas City, Mo. This boat went down filled with tons of general merchandise including crazy amounts of tools. They have dug it up and are preseving/displaying what the found...

Thanks, and I will! The K&E display I picked up at a large antique mall in Ohio. Here is what it looks like without my tapes. I couldn't pass it up!

Thanks so much and I will try and share a few thingd that I have learned. Thanks! It is actually a quilt display that caught my eye. The sides open up too for easy access!

The vintage cloth tape collecting bug bit me way to long ago. I currently have 120+ of various brands, mostly Lufkin, and some as old as the 1860s. Experimenting with a buffing wheel to polish up the brass cranks and banding. Anyone as nuts as I am on these things?

Looks interesting. Thanks. Just joined tonight and this was where I started. I think I'll post this over there too. Thanks again!

The vintage cloth tape collecting bug bit me way to long ago. I currently have 120+ of various brands, mostly Lufkin, and some as old as the 1860s. Experimenting with a buffing wheel to polish up the brass cranks and banding. Anyone as nuts as I am on these things?