Recent content by rocketv

Thanks Monte, that's some great info you've given me there. :thumbup: Is there much of a "collectors" scene in Germany for german historical/old tools? Seems strange that there were no results on a german tool forum for a german tool when I have some here in Australia many 1000's miles/KMs...

thanks mate!

here's a copy of a post I put on another thread, maybe someone reading here can help? rod

" Mde in western germany makes me think after world war 2. " Yep, that seems to be the case, but very little else known, can anyone add to this?????? :headscrat:headscrat:headscrat:headscrat:headscrat There's gotta be someone out there with more of these or that knows a bit more about them :wtf:

I've got some old Stilsons that used to belong to my late Father that are proving to be a bit of a mystery. I've posted this same question on Papawswrench Tool Talk, but we didn't come up with much other than the suggestion that they may have a link to WW2 and the Nazi's plans for the new Europe...

how bout it peoples? anybody got some info for me on these files or the st egidy fischer from ye old austria?

There were quite a lot of tools made in Australia historically, but very few in current production. Seems as though most Oz companies either folded, were bought out or started manufacturing offshore. I have old stuff made in Australia by Sidchrome, Dowidat, DUFOR, Zircalloy, POPE, GEE JAY, and...

Hi there guys, Sorry to bring this old post back to life, but I'm trying to find some info on some old files I found in my late-father's toolbox, and two of them are marked just like these ones. There does not seem to be very much info easily found - in English anyway :), so I'm hoping that...

Hi guys and gals, I've been Googling my fingers to ****** stumps looking for tool info and ID's :headscrat on the tools that I inherited when my Dad passed away late last year. I've also joined Papaws ToolTalk, and between here, there and a local Oz woodwork forum, I'm starting to get a better...