Provincial
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Falls City.Get these didn’t come from a sale in Dundee did they? Nice haul
Falls City.Get these didn’t come from a sale in Dundee did they? Nice haul
The chisel is interesting in the fact that it’s a square body, not the more traditional one like you pictured in the catalog. This is my first square body one I’ve found.
Still looking for the 15/16 13/16 1/4 pebble
I would have paid that….Had a 15/16" in my hand this weekend but the flea peddler wanted $5. I put it back down and moved on.
I had a sense that I wouldn't have, point being after I asked him how much are the tools laying in a pile on the ground and his reply was "it depends on the tool", which I take to mean anything that I pick up is suddenly a premium priced objet d'art.I would have paid that….
That seller is a friend of mine. His father was a huge collector, and he is selling his extensive collection. Check his other auctions.More AI nonsense. “Made of high-quality Plomb” LOL “screwdriver is perfect for opening and closing LOCKS” FFS, pretty sure it didn’t help the seller with the “Been a while..” bit either.
Your assumptions might be keeping you from making a good deal. After all, you are in charge of your cash, not him. Never be afraid to listen. Five dollars was a very fair price for that wrench, for instance. eBay would have been $20 plus $10 shipping.I had a sense that I wouldn't have, point being after I asked him how much are the tools laying in a pile on the ground and his reply was "it depends on the tool", which I take to mean anything that I pick up is suddenly a premium priced objet d'art.
I'm not particularly fond of that selling approach.
Very true that my assumptions often do trip me up, but my direct Ebay selling experience vis-a-vis Plomb Pebbles in less than pristine condition, has been that medium sized combination wrenches fall more in line at about $12-14 + S&H.Your assumptions might be keeping you from making a good deal. After all, you are in charge of your cash, not him. Never be afraid to listen. Five dollars was a very fair price for that wrench, for instance. eBay would have been $20 plus $10 shipping.
Looks like you buy to resell. That’s a completely different game.Very true that my assumptions often do trip me up, but my direct Ebay selling experience vis-a-vis Plomb Pebbles in less than pristine condition, has been that medium sized combination wrenches fall more in line at about $12-14 + S&H.
Last Ebay sale for single Plomb 1230 was $17 INCLUDING Shipping)
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At $5.00 there's not enough meat left on the bone. Further, I had already "set the market" for myself on several PROTO 3714 & 3720 single head pebble flare nut wrenches in far superior condition several booths before where the dealer had the understanding to set the price ($1.50 to start with volume discounts) before I got on my hands and knees to grind though his piles. He ended up selling me about 35 Vintage USA made Wrenches & Pliers, useful for my purposes, for $35.00
I think he was happy not to have to load back up those 35 tools (which we all know can get pretty heavy in bulk)
The chisel is interesting in the fact that it’s a square body, not the more traditional one like you pictured in the catalog. This is my first square body one I’ve found.
I was out in the shop and remembered to check the punch and chisel drawer today. Here are a few more square shank Plomb chisels and a punch. All date marked ending in c. Definitely cc and dc. The other first letters are hard to tell for sure. I see Smokes was a cc also. Ed.That is definitely unusual. I wonder if Plomb outsourced it? All of the punches and chisels I’ve run across resemble the ones in the catalog.
-Don
Nope. Didn’t appear in the plomb line up until the Proto la era.Was there a 1/4?