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^ Don, it looks like that Walworth Parmalee might have been used to build Liberty Ships, which the Kaiser Company specialized in during WW 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Shipyards And Henry Kaiser was one busy guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_J._Kaiser Clearly the wrench...

I do the same, but use Fluid Film on a rag. It's kept in a glass peanut butter jar, and gets spritzed from the FF aerosol whenever I've used it a bit. Works fine.

The ones around here aren't by Enderes, but 6-in-1s are plentiful on the hardware store ground. Also I have rescued several from ReStore shops, and using the principle of mix-and-match have assembled a number that I've put in every conceivable place I'd need/want one. I've also completed...

^ This may become one of those projects that starts out as a tool restoration but ends up being a strength-of-materials inquiry. Best of luck and let us know how it comes out.

I know that it leaves a mark at the waterline, but perhaps soak the hollow frame end of the wrench in Evapo? Or inject a rust loosener (PB Blaster, WD-40, something, something, something else, lighter fluid, etc.) into the stuck place. Looks like there are enough crevices to hold the juice...

I have read (Blade Forums) that Buck chose the concave grind to allow meat (deer meat, for example) to separate from the blade more easily when cutting than a straight or a scandi grind would produce. It's a hunter's knife after all and a version of the standard fixed-blade hunting knife's...

The first Opinel I bought was a #6 in carbon steel. I got it roughly 30 years ago on a trip to Paris, from a tabac on the Rue Mouffetard. It's the smallest size that has a locking collar; it's at the bottom in the photo. Later, back in the States, I got a #8 inox garden knife with a spear...

And I'll presume that Ronsonol is identical (or virtually so) to Zippo's fuel. Retail convenience has pushed me toward small containers of Ronsonol more than somewhat larger ones of Zippo's go-juice. Unless someone tells me differently, I'm going to use them interchangeably in the shop.

My preferred chemical items are (in no special order): Evapo-Rust, Fluid Film, GooGone, a 50/50 mix of ATF/acetone, Goop, WD-40, 3n1, mineral oil... One thing I haven't seen mentioned often is lighter fluid. With a pair of pliers whose pivot is stuck from rust or "patina" I give a little squirt...

As Outlaw says, the blue handle ones came later. See the Champion-DeArment page at Alloy Artifacts: http://alloy-artifacts.org/champion-dearment-tool.html It's interesting that the company got a trademark (1,536,106) for the blue plastic covers in 1989, but it appears they were using the blue...

Thank you for the wish list, 4C! And while I lack a railcar and a mover, I do have some rail — but it's only 14 inches long and its day job is to be an anvil.

After reading through all this I find that while I have a spike maul, I now have a definite wish to own a railcar mover....

Luckily, sir, I have never been up a ladder like that. Although I do walk the house roof with a leafblower to drive away the !@#!! leaves. The blower's cordless (for a quick & easy cleanout) or corded (for that extra special hurricane blast). One hand for the ship and one hand for....

I've always been a two-handed opener when it comes to folding knives for lots of reasons: no need to one-hand open, somewhat prefer multiblade designs, when using a knife around those who spook easily (although what do these people have in their kitchen?!), etc., etc. But as always, personal...

My money's on a Middle Kingdom COO. Utica may have provided the Trapper design (don't know the history of the pattern and my Blade Forum google-fu is, um, rusty) but knives that are new-in-box giveaways were surely made after US manufacturing skedaddled across the Pacific. Edit: That's not to...

Aha! The TRUTH [Tools] comes out. I have a Truth Tools catalogue (#42, but no date) listing a Super Grip plier and saying it is "new patented". However, the Truth Tool Co. is in Mankato, Minn., not Jefferson, Iowa, so if Truth Tools took over Super Grip and stamped the original old stock with...

OK, I missed when that happened. What was it for?

I'm fond of 6" and 8" pipe wrenches, which I find more useful than a standard adjustable wrench (crescent-type or auto). Those are what you need when parallel jaws are called for. But the smaller pipe wrenches are ideal for tightening/loosening knurled collars on floor lamps, for example. Lots...

I've also had good results from Goop, which I typically use when dealing with old hand tools ( = ancient grease & crud). As an added note, I have loosened pliers that are locked with rust or simply hard to open by small squirts of Ronsonol or other lighter fluid into the joint to get them...

Fluid Film's useful stuff. For smaller hand tools, I keep a rag well spritzed with FF in an old glass peanut butter jar. When I have wiped a number of items with the rag, I respray it in the jar and put the lid back on.