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Company is coming this weekend so Mrs Duddly is riding me to clean up. Now I am finding stuff I forgot about so long ago that I have no idea where I got it. A couple of cool old tin containers. One was for a Ford Emergency Kit that has long since been used for storage in a garage and is...

dr_clyde, amazing tools and amazing heritage! This thread has been great to hear about all the tools that bring back such strong memories. I am struggling to find a favorite, but really understand that warm feeling that comes from picking up a vintage tool.

Nice find! Be careful buying stuff you like the looks of. It's a slippery slope.

I have definitely noticed that the stock and the prices are definitely a reflection of the community when it comes to restores. You can often gauge it by the furniture. Went to a new on recently in a nice area and there was nothing older than 40 years and the prices were definitely retail.

I certainly did not do as good as some of you this weekend, but the weather was amazing and I had fun. I am just realizing their may be nothing in my post that is directly tool related but I hope you let it slide. A first for me was a friday night tailgate auction. I picked up a box of 10...

I mentioned that a wooden "stick" for measuring the gas in early Ford cars was included in the lot. I took a risk and did some light cleaning so you can now read the lettering. It was an advertising piece handed out by Irvington glass service in Irvington New Jersey (I know, it keeps coming...

The Lufkin logo has long been a favorite of mine for its simplicity and rich color. I have an old Lufkin catalog that I used to add a splash of color to my tool displays

thanks Lugz! interesting reading and it all seems to fit! Based on that and the time period during which the crystoglas signs were produced, I am dating at least those signs somewhere between 1915 and 1925. Going through everything I saw that the seller had thrown in an old advertising...

a couple of random items - this little plumb hatchet (dry wall tool) - it is the original handle but the top of the handle is worn nearly in half ???? it was covered in masking and duct tape - this is what was underneath. I also think the handle was cut to make it shorter, but I am not sure...

wow! I guess it's time to order a new blade! Can you loan me $8?

Another interesting New Jersey link (Newark again) ... Whitehead & Hoag made at least 4 of these 'crystoglas' signs. they were a Newark, New Jersey company that made 'buttons' (political, advetising, etc) and the crystoglas 'signs' that they made here seem to me to be just really oversided...

updated - I heard back from the seller and these items came from Kienzle & Hahn, Newark NJ, which was on East Kinney St. the sellers maiden name was Hahn.

Hey Lugz... the Heller Brothers rotary files counter top display rung a bell... is that the same Heller Brothers that you got the farrier's knife from this week (and i had one)? (Now i am really anxious to hear back from the seller as Heller Brothers started life in NJ)

I did not get the name last night, but have reached out to see if she knows. thanks

Ok - regarding my CL purchase of vintage signs... I got around to pictures this morning and decided to post a thread so I could get comments and information https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=395475 here an overview picture of the signs - more photos in the thread. I could...

You can see why I thought they were reproductions from the condition they are in. I didn't ask a lot of questions before buying them as I REALLY wanted them. My wife went with me to pick them up and we had convinced ourselves that they HAD to be reproductions based on the picture. I was in...

And lastly in this group... a counter top display for Heller Brothers rotary files. This looks a bit newer with plywood construction, but it will again be fun to research.

a LENOX saw thermometer. I believe this one had an outdoor life but it is in good shape except for the faded LENOX lettering at the top and a bit of dirt.

A couple signs from 'The Standard Tool Company' - this was a new one to me and will be fun to research. These are a bit different, one has an interesting construction with a heavy foil used to give it a 3D effect. The other is beautifully painted. These are by far the most fragile of the...

Two Browne & Sharp signs. I know, you are probably getting sick of me talking about the 3D effect of the cryptoglas construction, but I couldn't be happier that my accidental collection has this effect.