Close! You DF'ed them accurately, but your ID was off.
Those are actually Neverslip's. Made in the 1920's right here in NJ. I have three 8" versions. The cutting blades are replaceable. I have never seen any other sizes and didn't even know they made them this small! They're in rough shape. Soaking now. I hope I can save them. To give you an idea of this load, this is the third time I have gone through these milk crates and didn't spot these before. They were really buried and today was the first day I really went through item by item in each crate.That sounds promising. I've been much more "sociable" than I normally am when I am out. It used to be all business, scan, parse, move on, repeat, in and out, sort of a solo rogue hunter, not much chit chat. I don't know if it's old age or I'm just getting soft.
I was thinking the whole thing was a scaffolding base, without seeing the cylinders
I think you have two old prank phone calls mixed up. Do you have Prince Albert in a can? You better let him out. And Is your refrigerator running? You better go catch it.
BMW had to be a really twisted prankster to screw with people even more by mixing up the lines.
Got out early this morning. In all, made 5 stops. Flea market, pawn shop, pawn shop, yard sale, flea market! The two fleas yielded some decent finds, while the pawn employee who knows me offered a bargain price on a few nice name brand tools he was sick of listing on ebay!
I haven’t had the time to get through all of it yet. The most interesting finds came at the second flea.
Here are the early morning flea finds. A small but worthy haul.
Easco 6pc metric wrench set with one extra, Snap On 3/8 ratchet, S-K and Kraeuter spinners. Cornwell deep and S-K tamper proof sockets.
Check Those Cheap Tins! The F936 ratchet was a lucky find. There was a blue cheap import socket set on the ground. Opened it up as I usually do, to a mess of no name taiwan sockets, no name 1/4 ratchet and this Snappy. I asked the couple selling how much. They know me from past deals. Wife says $10 for all. I ask how much for this ratchet alone and she didn’t want to separate but husband says $3. SOLD! I would have paid the 10 but sure got off easy on the deal. I don’t want or need another blue tin set kicking around. I guess I didn’t need another ratchet either but I rarely find nice Snappy rats in the wild.
3bay.............been there done that! ............per a previous post..............ya never know unless you look!...........oh and that ratchet score gets a definite You ****!......... well done.
Yeah, a UNIMAT for $30 is an absolute steal! I bought some stuff from a guy a few years ago who had a packed shed. He had a UNIMAT. I didn't know what I was looking at but got all excited about this incredibly small lathe. I tried to buy it but he didn't want to sell. $30? Wow!!
Good stories Lugz! I just read The Great Bridge by David McCullough last year. It was a great read! What info do you have on that little wooden handled driver? I've got one similar but shorter. Did you buy the 3/4 Bonney set? If so pics please! :0)My fiftieth trip this year (Lugz 2021_50) was outstanding for one little 6" OAL reason! Everything else was just filler.
I picked all these things out of the same garage close-out load as the last two days. Today I decided to be kinder to my knees so I dumped one of the milk crates and used it as a little stool to sit on. After awhile I would just hold it in place under my **** and skooch it to the right to the next milk crate as I went. When there were too many things to hold in one hand I grabbed the can. At one point the vendor made a joke about it filling up that I knew was meant to be an implication of his mindset during our impending dickering, but there were so many people there and he was so harried that when I later presented the whole can without dumping the contents and made an offer, he took it.
Best part of the day though was running into another toolhound I hadn't seen in a few years. He's a glazier, but he's a Florida snowbird only up here a few months working part-time. He liked chrome and me pre-chrome so we would partner and tip each other off as we worked the tables. Anyway, he told me he found a Bonney 3/4-inch drive set in the box. Didn't have it with him, though. Then he tells me his daughter just bought a rowhouse in Roebling. Yes, the town named after the guy whose company built the Brooklyn bridge, among others. So I told him about Roebling "Alligator" wrenches and that I had an extra one if his daughter wanted to hang it somewhere like a decoration and locally relevant interesting conversation piece. Cameraderie and karma are good, but, yes, I am hoping that will be buy me down some discount favor on the price of the Bonney 3/4 set!
It's a North Brothers Yankee Handyman No. 33-H.
Ok. I checked mine it's a "Yankee" No. 2H Handyman. Not sure who made it.
If it doesn't say North Brothers, probably Stanley. They bought them out in 1946. I'll post mine in the 'Spiral Ratcheting Screwdrivers' thread.
