Junk store finds

[motorhead1977]

Stopped by the junk store and got a few goodies.

 

[Stillgottimefor1]

Looks like you got those just in time to save them from a rusty end.


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[ooba tooba]

I haven’t seen that craftsman cutter before with the little wheel on it. Sweet! Cool pouch too.

 

[Shiftless]

Yeah, cool old Craftsman pruners.

And the sheet metal shears... I suppose somebody out there collects vintage sheet metal shears and scissors, right. ??

I have a pair that look just like those. You’ll need an Evaporust soak and some boiled linseed oil. I’ll have to check the labeling to see if mine are Crescent.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

And the sheet metal shears... I suppose somebody out there collects vintage sheet metal shears and scissors, right. ??

All WWII GMTK collectors collect tinner's shears or tin snips, but the GMTK had the 7" OAL model with a combination ("duckbill") cut. They are a very common tool, though. Built to last. I have had many, and have a Crescent T47 and two WISS V-13's on hand right now. See Pic. The Sheet Metal and Radiator Mechanic's tool-set had the same model and also a 13" straight cut, which is what the OP's is, and it's wartime. That kit went in the same box as the GMTK, but it's not very popular. I think the only one I have ever seen is Don's.

I would never say never to anything in the hand tool collecting world, and there's probably 'Shears' guy out there, and there are probably guys who collect nothing but Crescent, or nothing but WISS, or maybe have a board to fill. But again, they are pretty commonly found. (EDIT: Not to be dismissive of the OP's find. Just for context. They are, indeed, "goodies.")

 

[d42jeep]

Looks like the Navy had a pair in the NAF catalog, too. Here are the Wiss snips in my GMTK.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

And the sheet metal shears... I suppose somebody out there collects vintage sheet metal shears and scissors, right. ??

Nobody would be weird enough to have a bunch of old shears, would they?
First picture - Crescent
Second picture - Wiss
Third picture - Pexto and Erie
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Oh, I'll match your matched pairs...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...and go Old World on you with these curved shears from Herman Joest & Co., in Solingen, Germany. These old Joest's with the cutlass guards have a beguiling logo (see Pic 5). I see a horsewhip coiled around what appears to be either some kind of beaker with a stopper, or a clasp of some kind (also cavalry related?), or perhaps early ordnance, and what appears to be a date (2 - 16") of February 1916, during WWI. Others see an antique tape measure.