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Thanks! It seems like I find one 'gem' at most sales I stop at. Picked up a 60s vintage leather doctor's bag at one, but missed out on a double-barreled 16 ga shotgun at another. Guy only wanted $35, but cash just changed hands. If not, I would have started a bidding war!

I like it too! That's what caught my eye. I'm gonna hang on to it for a while, but if I decide to sell it you're first in line. I couldn't believe the condition. I also bought a Kennedy machinist's toolbox from the nice lady as well, all were her deceased husbands. It was green, not the...

Saw this at a garage sale, but I didn't want to pay the $35 they were asking. Emailed them Sunday night to see if it sold. It didn't, so I stopped back by the next day and offered $20. They took it. So know I'm the proud owner of this! The only blemish on the box, no rust no dents...

Give that man a cee-gar!!!

Hey Bonneyman, slick idea! I like how the badge and hardware shined up.

Five minutes on the fine wire wheel and now the bad has become the good!

Mk3Mike - Speechless dude, just speechless!

It's the 'bad' condition of one of the holiest of holy tool brands, that's all. Gonna try the fine wire wheel on it tonight.

My pic doesn't show it, but there was more to the end at one time, I didn't see any brand or COO. As for those scissors, I have a small open space on my basement workshop wall I'm gonna start a 'Wall of Shame'! Unfotunately most will be my own. And I'm imagining they were all from the same...

Hmmm. That might be an interesting way to go. Thanks for the idea!

I thought I'd start with the ice pick and work my way up!

Guy had this toolbox with a few tools on CL for $40. I said I'd give him $15 if no one else wanted it. He didn't even get another call. So here's the good. 1/2" =V= Craftsman sockets from 5/8" to 1 1/8" 3/4" combo, Tru-Test screwdriver, complete 5 piece set of Craftsman magnetic socket...

Found a guy that has two barns and a garage full of "stuff". Kind of a low budget American Pickers place. Only had a half an hour, but will be going back. An LED can light. Need to find a 12v power supply to light er up. A fluorescent desk lamp that still works. Needs a new cord. Don't...

There were the three #2s of different vintages, also two #1s as well. There were also two that were different sizes but not marked with a number. Either the guy inherited a set or couldn't find the old one and had to buy another. That's never happened! :D

Me too! That's the first crown top anything I've seen for sale. I plan on cleaning and oiling this week!

Here's Saturday's score. Rained like hell all day, but got to 2 of them. First one had a lot of hand tools. I went thru and grabbed anything that looked familiar or was made in the good ol' US of A. Kennedy KK-19, a little surface rust on the tray but otherwise fine. Yup, $5! Contents of...

Thanks for saying, and that's exactly what I was thinking. And with Mother's Day coming up, well, you know... After all this went down she said she was going to clean out her garage soon and would let me know what she finds before she posts to CL. I'm a firm believer in karma, so I'm hoping to...

Thanks Squatch! This is my kind of place where high praise is a sincere "You ****"! Went back to the same lady to buy a NAPA branded 4 ton porta-power for the $75 she was asking. I also confessed to her that the 'clamps' she sold me earlier were indeed micrometers, and decent ones at that...

Add in those Starrett mics and I probably should have tied a bandana around my face bandito style. I figured the mics were Harbor Freight or some such since the ad picture wasn't so good and I was lusting for the Atlas. I'm willing to pay penance for this crime, tonight I'll bang my own wife...

Yessir! I knew I had to go for it when I got a tighter pic of the nameplate. We fired it up in her living room and I could still hear her TV! It's a 2770. Gonna need to find out more about it. Man, is it sweet!