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I've been organizing my shops this year and had this put away in a safe place. I got this box what seems like a long time ago. I never knew Perl but very much would have liked to. A milk man, truck driver and WWII era ship yard welder, I'm sure a good tale about each. The family thought enough...

Bought this set years ago at an estate sale even though I don't collect the brand. Thought it might be useful someday, today is that day. Working on old stuff means needing old tools that are uncommon or not available now.

Picked this up a couple of months ago a small antique street fair. I'm not sure why I never knew these existed before.

Found this old girl from the 1890's at an estate sale today. Not many ratchets that are from two centuries ago, surprisingly sophisticated for a ratchet that old. A bit different than others I've seen pictures of.

Picked up this KR-350 & k-56 stack last weekend. I'm 6'5" and couldn't imagine using this box for everyday work. The whole thing is shorter than a normal roller. People were shorter back in the 1940's but not child sized. These couldn't have been very popular, but cool in a collector way. The...

Seldom seen little Dayton 3/8" drive set found at an estate sale last weekend. I've seen a couple of sets before but not complete, at least I think this one is complete. looks to have very little use. Been working all summer so it was nice to get out and see some sales. Dayton by , on Flickr

Never set out to collect Challenger Tools but it finds me. This was at a flea market last weekend so came home with me. Cr by , on Flickr

Here in the North West summer is garage sale season, not much happens in the winter. I assume its the same in most of the Northern states. In honor of the last day of summer post up your favorite find from this one. Mine is this Proto Los Angeles Toolmobile, been looking for one for a very long...

Found this beauty at an estate sale yesterday. It was in a pile of junk and covered with saw dust. Cleaned up pretty nice. Have a a few nice post drills and seen many more but first one of these I've ever seen in the wild. Beam drill by , on Flickr

I have a question about a Powr Kraft ratchet. I've never seen one of these long handle 485400t versions before, is it a copy of a Wright model? Been finding some unusual tools this last few weeks. Untitled by , on Flickr Untitled by , on Flickr Untitled by , on Flickr

Quick question, is this a tool? Found with about 50 lbs of vintage files. image by , on Flickr image by , on Flickr

Found these at an estate sale. No markings but have the characteristics of early west coast forging I've seen. Sizes 1-1/8", 1-1/4", 1-1/2", 1-5/8". Anybody suspect a manufacturer on these? image by , on Flickr

I got this at an estate sale this morning, looks to be a mid 1920's NO.1. It's not marked No.1 and is marked Milwaukee Wis and not USA. It's a bit different than most examples, anyone know when they marked like this? image by , on Flickr image by , on Flickr

Got this set at an estate sale this weekend. I don't usually buy Ward's tools but I don't think I've ever seen any early (mid 1930's) ward's 3/4" before, so couldn't leave it behind. Looks to be Duro/Indestro sourced, they made a set #2210 that looks the same. This one is missing the 1-1/8"...

Because of a generous Catfishdan I was able to get a 3062 DOE that completed the entire set of Pebble wrenches. It was easy at first I'd find ones I didn't have almost every weekend. When I got down to needing just a few it got fairly difficult. I've been stuck on needing the last wrench for 3...

I rarely post finds anymore but wanted some info. I got this MTF 9/32 boxed set at a sale yesterday. The logo on the box is chipped but you can make out Milwaukee Tool Forge and South Milwaukee. I have collected MTF for sometime and never seen another 9/32 set. Anyone have one or a picture of...

Picked these up today at an estate sale. I don't have Craftsman catalogs going back to the 30's so I thought I'd ask the collectors on the journal. The set is Craftsman Vanadium from the mid 30's but what drive tools are missing? Plus anyone ever see a Herbrand J-12 Ratchet before?

So you hosers north of the border couldn't come up with your own tool designs so you had to steal ours. Found proof of it this weekend, Fleet of Canada 3/8" drive ratchet Mdl. 1260 (shouldn't this be metric):lol:. Just havin some fun with our brothers and sisters to the north not looking to...

Got this little ratchet today at an estate sale, guy said its Snap on so got to be worth two bucks. I said ok. Then when you get home you think to yourself what can I use this for, work or to look at. I know its a refrigeration ratchet (I don't do much of that) anybody else use them for...

Want to buy or trade for a Plomb 1 5/16" combo wrench #1242. Also if any one has a pebble 3041, could use one of those also. Thanks