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Innocently picking up this $1 pair of dykes at a garage sale sure took me down a rabbit hole to find out about their origin company. This company name has never been discussed on Garage Journal. In 1968, one (biased) retailer described this company as “New York’s largest importer of tools”...

I found a punch made by a company I hadn't heard of - Lehman, Archer & Lane. (This is a 7-inch punch that is 1/2-inch hex stock tapering to a 3/16” diameter tip. It is marked "Lehman Archer Lane Co".) Lehman, Archer & Lane (LAL Ltd.) was involved in the foundation of the British...

I found an Armstrong wrench marked: “REECE – T-18” and after way too much digging, I think I have enough evidence to solve the REECE marked wrench question posted by @BlueBomber and @humber2 in the DBE thread. I believe these wrenches were made to work on Reece industrial button hole and...

Found this International Harvester Company cold chisel. I really liked the depth and clarity of the logo stamping (even if they had a tough time centering it). Seems like often it is tough to see the detail in the IHC logo on their old tools. Chisel is 5-5/8” long with a 1/2" hexagonal...

I bought a used Xcelite screwdriver with a bent shank. It has a long overarching bend, several smaller bends and bends in different directions. I've been trying to get it straightened. After 20 minutes of effort, it is no better than when I started - just bent in different places. :giggle...

Found a pistol grip grease gun. They don’t appear to be rare, but I thought it looked cool, it was in fair shape, I didn’t have one and it was only $3.00. The markings on the gun are: "Alemite Zerk Mfd By The Bassick Mfg. Co. Chicago, U.S.A" "No. 6-B Automatic Patented Dec. 4. 1923 Other...

How do you notify someone in a post? I believe it has happened to me and I've seen my member name preceded with a + sign. Just trying to figure out how to do that?

Picked this up at a garage sale last weekend. Has a "G" date code Snap-On F-10-HG breaker bar flex-head handle and a Plumb Ball Pein hammer head.

Anyone know what this is - or recognize the logo? It's 17.3 inches long. It has a keystone logo with what looks like a diamond inside. (See thumbnails).

Found this “Elliott” marked screwdriver at a barn sale last weekend. Haven’t seen any on Garage Journal (although the company is in four.cycle’s List). I found one on WorthPoint and one on ebay. They looked similar. This is marked “X ELLIOTT X” with a line across the top and bottom of the...

For $0.65 I found a pair of slip-joint pliers made by the Hawkeye Wrench Co. of Marshalltown, Iowa. They are 6.3" long with a screwdriver tip on the end of one handle. The handles are plain with no patterns. Very little of the original plating remains. The main product of the company was their...

Found this E.C. Stearns & Co. swivel adjustable scraper in amazingly good condition. (Who takes good care of a scraper?) The blade is still sharp and at least one of the 4 blade edges looks never used The oldest reference I could find for this was in a 1912 advertisement. The 1924 and 1934...

Found this 10-inch adjustable wrench. Stamping is 10 N.Y. MDSE. CO. INC GERMANY or less possibly, 10 N.Y. MOSE. CO. INC GERMANY. On the back side it has a hexagon symbol. Did not have much luck searching the company name. Not sure if the blue paint is original, or added by the...

Found this last week. Trying to figure out what it is used for. It is 15.6-inches long, has a 3/4" twelve-point box end on one end and a 0.476-inch diameter hole on the other end. Looks like it might once have been cad plated. Stamping is: MAC SABINA, O. U.S.A. 65522 and 3/4 (at the box...

I came across one of these in a pile of tools at a thrift store. Then I dug some more and found another. Ended up with three. They have heavily stained and shellaced wood handles and the black oxide coated shanks are 1/4-inch hex with detent balls at the ends. The straight one is about 9.5"...

Found this Cox & Tingley bicycle wrench in amazingly good condition for its age. It is 6 inches long, 0.113" thick, and plated. Marked COX & TINGLEY and PAT. APL’D FOR. Hex openings are 7/16”, 1/2", 9/16”, and an oversized 5/8". I also see a notch that I assume is a spoke wrench, and a flathead...

Previously I'd only found the blah-looking grey handled HITCO screwdrivers. Finally found one with the logo stamped on the shank, and it has a sexier looking handle. I like the way they snuck the "Co." into the logo. (In the regular (non vintage) Tools forum there is a discussion on the...

Trying to figure out who might have made this flex-head-handle / hinge-handle / swing-head-handle / breaker-bar? It is 15.5-inches long, 1/2-inch square drive, and the shank cross section is almost round (just slightly elliptical). I’m unsure of the finish; could be cadmium, or zinc, or...

I've run across corn cob tool handles before. Today I found corn cob file handles. They were substantial enough to work just fine.

Is this a first third of the 1900’s automotive specialty tool or just a random newer economy double-ended socket? The hex socket ends have a pressed steel appearance and the shank is a solid 5/8” square bar. It looks well made. Openings are 19/32” and 1/2”. Overall length is 8.3 inches. I...