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I don’t know what type of wood it is, but it’s not heavy enough to be ebony.

After @ararat figured out my last antique brace (see last couple posts #104 and #105), I thought I’d post another antique one I have. This one may be even older. It is 11 1/2” total length with a 3” throw, or 6” sweep. Pad is 4 1/2” in diameter. The brace is metal with a wooden handle and...

I think this may be a new one for the list: Smart Brockville Blacksmith No.4 Anvil Vise (Brockville, Ontario, Canada) My jaw width measured as 2 3/4", although some report it as 3" jaw width. Vise opens 4". 18 lbs. and about 13 1/2" in total length with jaws shut. I could not find it in the...

A Bullard no. 0 “automatic” wrench, patented October 27, 1903. The company went out of business in 1909. It also manufactured a no. 1, no. 2 and no. 3, up to 17.3” in length. This one is only 5 1/2” in length. A Helix 8” stainless steel quick adjust wrench in really good condition (made by...

O.K., my Double Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co adjustable wrench set is starting to come together. This is the 6”-8”. The last photo is with its older brothers, the 8”-10” double and the 10”-12” double. Now I’m on the hunt for the 4”–6” to round it out!

I think this is one bicycle wrench that I have not seen before on GJ - a Prefer (French) bicycle wrench about 4 1/2" in length. The sleeve is thick stock steel. On the back side, the words "Modele Depose" (i.e. French for a design patent) can be seen with the accents over three of the four e's.

Here are a few more vacuum grips I’ve picked up over the last few months: a) 600-C long duck bill pliers b) 97 needle nose c) 600-R long duck bill pliers d) 47 adjustable joint pliers e) 386 diagonal pliers f) 7” diagonal pliers (no model number) All in pretty good shape. I just cleaned off any...

At an estate sale earlier this month, I picked up another Stephens' parallel vise in pretty good condition. This one is the nickel-plated version with a flat base and without the anvil pad. It has 2" smooth jaws, opens 1 ¾” (although the catalog says 2 1/4", the top slide block limits the...

Here are a few more perfect handles for the collection: 1) square-shank H.D. Smith 2) 1” open-end patented H.D. Smith (marked Brown & Sharpe MFG. Co. Providence R.I. U.S.A.) 3) 8 1/2” monkey wrench - H.D. Smith 4) 3/16” x 5” screwdriver 5) 1/4” x 8” new perfect-handle manufacturer that I haven’t...

Here’s a photo of my recent Baxter wrench find - a 6” one alongside his older bigger brother I posted previously up-thread.

Jamestown, NY AC14 4” adjustable wrench in its original box. Chromium plated kept it in great condition.

What is the old saying, “Go big or go home”? I’ve been out of action for a couple months (parent’s health stuff), but made it out today and stumbled on a couple honey holes. The five socket sets are each a scrambled mess of Plomb, SK, Snap-on, Craftsman, Williams, Wizard, etc. I’ll have to...

I finally stumbled upon an “oddfellow” that has been on my want-list for a while - a “Wizard” ratcheting adjustable wrench manufactured by The Richards Mfg. Co. of Aurora, Illinois. It has adjustable jaws built into the head and is stamped on the face with "Patented May 21, '07" and "Other Pats...

Thanks @RTM and @twagler. I’ll check through those catalogs and report back. The WHB vise looks like a close cousin, so I’ll start with its earlier or later year models and see if I can find even a closer match. Many Thanks.

Any thoughts on the manufacturer of this one? Periodically, I have tried to track down the manufacturer of this clamp-on vise but have been decidedly unsuccessful. It has the backward opening jaws, like a lot of Eastern European manufacturers (Gressel, Leinen, Schlegal, etc.) do. Its only...

Little Giant 10” pipe wrench (patent date Feb. 4, 1913 in handle). Marked with “GTD" logo for Greenfield Tap & Die Co. Mine still has some specks of orange paint in the handle too.

A recent CALIF-TOOL tool acquisition. It is marked SDS-42 on the reverse side and is about 5 1/2" long.

Yes, it has 1/4” x 5/16” openings. Thanks Roy.

A recent find is this early Plomb Tool Mfg. Co 1/4” x 5/16” (side ground down). No model number.

Just picked up this early Bonney 555 A standard nut 3/4" x 7/8" DoE wrench with Shield logo. Photo also includes a couple CV Chrome-Vanadium (1725A & E10) Bonney wrenches. The third photo is of three deep CV Chrome Vanadium sockets - LD32T 1” (thin-wall), LD 36 1 1/8”, LD28T (thin-wall), and a...