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    Show Off Your Antique Sockets & Braces

    Yea. I lived the same life with my dad. I still have most of his old generic tools. I still have the old nuts and bolts that I sorted out about 1965. They are priceless.
  2. M

    Show Off Your Antique Sockets & Braces

    Good stuff. You been a picker for a while haven't ya?
  3. M

    Atlas 9325 or 9320 - new to the stable

    That is great. You just need 3 eight balls.
  4. M

    Show Your Vintage Knife

    Those are some classics. I learn years ago to carry a large knife to be aware it is in your pocket to avoid losing it. But I still lose one once in a while. Nice knives.
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    Rust Removal

    Even with Vinegar I take a bucket of water from the dehumidifier and a brush and give it a good brushing and the scale just falls right off.
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    My Small But Growing Collection of BICYCLE WRENCHES (7 inches or less only!)

    I believe Whitworth was the company that produced mine. I have found a rabbit hole that explains the made in England but using standard American sizes.
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    Removing an odd clip on an old vice

    The clip looks like Springsteel. It also looks as you can heat and bend the ears of the top of the clip. And clip the bottom apart and open the eyes. Then maybe slide the clip out. But a good cleaning will tell you more. I think the clip is to put a bind on the guide rods. Once the clip is...
  8. M

    Estate sales

    If you collect. Now if you buy to resale, it's different ball game. I am like the Amish, I buy I don't sell. Most my stuff. I got into buying for what I thought people would want for their collections. That don't work.
  9. M

    Who has the earliest Disston saw.

    Yea. That is a gem. Have you aged it before you sold it?
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    More Whatzits--Can we make this the official Whatzit thread?

    I have had few when they were cheap. But way to heavy.
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