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I found this Plomb 1131 double box end last weekend. When I was cleaning it up, I uncovered an interesting looking owner's mark. Was it just a nautical-minded person randomly messing around, or does the mark have some significance?

This is wonderful. A 1945 Walt Disney animated feature teaching GM employees basic tool use:

I've never seen a Pritzlaff marked tool in the wild until this adjustable that I found at a swap meet. Although four.cyle has posted a few 1890, 1902 and 1910 catalog pages, we don't seem to have any Pritzlaff-marked tool photos on Garage Journal. It seems odd considering that eBay has quite...

Found this pressed steel DOE at a Garage Sale yesterday. It’s plated with something silver colored and is 5.17 inches long with 9/16 inch and 3/8 inch openings. It is stamped: “U.S. Taylor M. P. Co 1953”. I’ve been trying to figure out what “Taylor M. P.” is? I searched everywhere I could...

Found this ell-shaped box end at a thrift store. It looks old-ish. Trying to figure out the marking and what it might have been used for? My un-educated guess would be specialty automotive in a low torque application due to the short leverage of the handle and the thin wall of the box end. I...

I've tried this on my desktop and phone with the same results. I am trying to search for the word "Harding" in the Vintage Tool Discussion forum. However, the search results I get back allow just the word "Hard" to be an acceptable result. Therefore, I end up with way too many results. I've...

Ajax has been a US maker of forged specialty tools for 77 years and we haven't ever discussed them, so I thought I'd post up one of their hand chisels. Yesterday I bought this long cold chisel because of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway marking. It's a foot and a half long and has a...

I bought this guy and cleaned him up. A substantial flathead screwdriver with a square shank. 8 inches overall length. Marked as "GardLine" with a UL logo and made in U.S.A. Says CHROME VANADIUM on the shank and "Precision Ground" on the handle. I can't find a mention of GardLine...

A vendor had this. It was the only wrench of any kind on the table. I had never seen one before and was examining it. He asked if I was interested and told me it was only $10. I was carrying a lot of stuff and this was more weight so I just said: "Thanks anyway" and started walking away...

This company is in "The List Of Manufacturers" here on G.J., but I hadn't seen any tools. I just found one. This is a hacksaw with an angular frame and a distinctive side rod to protect your hand (referred to as a "knuckle guard" and a "bumper"). My hack saw looks to be cadmium coated and it...

What is this tool for and who was “The Eureka Company”? It has taken me a while to get this fleshed out. I think I have the “What” figured out (feel free to correct me) and at a least a good guess on the “Who”. WHAT In a thread posted by Speedbird, Farmer J explained what the side parts of...

I found this guy a few weeks ago. It is small; only 4-1/8 inches overall length. At my workplace we would call it a tweaker. It has a nice metal rotating finger disk on the end. The stamping on the handle is "Busse & Bredemann No. 10. Park Ridge Ill." At first I was excited, thinking I...

Found these interesting looking pliers. Hadn't seen anything quite like them before. No markings except an "8" on the inside of each handle. They are spring loaded to stay closed - when you squeeze the handles they spread open. An initial search turned up nothing, so I just started browsing...

I found this nice wood-handled flathead screwdriver. It's overall length is 7.3 inches and on the shank it says: "BELMONT TEMPERED USA". Trying to figure out who made this? Some options I came up with are listed directly below these two screwdriver photos Possibilities: 1) Belmont...

Who made Award tools? I saw this tack puller. At a distance I thought it was an import, maybe a Fuller brand. I was surprised to see it had USA on it, and because it had a brand name that I had never heard of, I bought it. It is difficult to search for Award Tools without running into tools...

This wrench seems to be distinctive enough that its manufacturer might be identifiable? Anyone have any ideas? The only markings are on the shank, and they are forged in. The are no markings on the faces (and the back side has no markings at all). The shank is wider than typical (1 inch...

I know Herbrand used copper underplating but I'm wondering how this wrench ended up this color? If there was an original finish over this, NONE of it is left, not even inside the box ends - it is this copper color everywhere except where a previous owner inscribed his initials (where there is...

I found this ordinary 7-inch long S wrench. What seems non-standard to me is to have "Drop Forged" stamped on the jaw face. I don't recall seeing that stamped in that location before. Also, the face on the 1/2" side looks pretty wide for the size of the opening. The only other markings on...

Picked this up ********* Borer and Reamer two weeks ago. Made by United States Bung Manufacturing. It's pretty big - 14 inches tall and a 13.5 inch wide handle. Weighs just under 4 pounds. Original patent #25,512 was by Josiah Kirby in 1859.

I bought this because it had a logo I hadn't seen before. To me, it looks like an 8 inside a D. However, with all the pitting it could be something else? The wrench is 6.8 inches long and the openings are ~ 13/16" and 3/4". It has depressed panels in the shank. It also has a raised "1024"...