Tools as Art

[FrankLee]

I saw this many years ago and always thought it was cool.

Arman
School of Fishes
1982

 

[greybeard]

Wonder if it is laying flat or is it somehow mounted on a wall?

 

[honcho]

Hmmm, looks like that school of fish--oops, vise grips--is now harvested by Chinese fishermen!

 

[bczygan]

I wonder if it has more monetary value as art or Vise Grips?

 

[Monte]

 

[NinetyTwoFifty]

Wow, I like that very much.

 

[2oolhound]

Awesome! wouldn't it be a hoot if some manufacturers started finishing some of their tools like that?

 

[kissmeimgerman]

Ah, so thats where all the USA vice grips went!

 

[Lump]

Very creative!

When I was a little boy, my mom would insist that my dad allow me to "help" him work on cars. He didn't have a lot of patience for "kids stuff", but he allowed me to sit on a stool while he was under the car, and he would ask me for tools. But I was about 4-5 years old, so I had a lot of trouble knowing what comes after 9/16, etc, and that drove him nuts. So I ended up sitting there, playing with the tools, getting my hands nice and greasy (fun, back then). I distinctly recall seeing animal shapes in certain pliers, adjustable wrenches, and playing with them as dinosaurs as I sat there. But dad would get mad when I started making animal sounds, etc. He said, "Those are TOOLS, not toys. If you want to play with toys, get out of the garage."

I always stayed, just got quieter, and kept playing with tools...

 

[illmatyk]

Those are pretty nice!

Are those personally owned/created?

 

[solitaire]

none of those are vise-grip. look at the release. they look to be HF style

 

[Chubi_QC]

They look a lot like my Grip-On

 

[Monte]

Those are pretty nice!

Are those personally owned/created?

The pics are from a booth at a hardware exhibition which was owned by the german locking pliers manufacturer Bollmann www.bollmanngrip.de

 

[greaseyjockey]

wasnt there a video awhile back like this? lemme see if i can find it, it was awesome

found it here it is, dont know how to imbed video though

 

[Danglerb]

I want to see the work of art made from half a Prentiss vise ...

 

[mofo62]

.

Thats nice.thanks for pictures...


V!

 

[dadsEH]

hey... spot the mistake? there's one wrench which is upside down.
how long did it take you to find it ( in seconds)?

 

[colt zantop]

I see more than one upside down....

 

[superautobacs]

Somewhat related to the topic in discussion:

Tools and hardware made out of chocolate.

 

[illmatyk]

Somewhat related to the topic in discussion:

Tools and hardware made out of chocolate.

Where is that from?

 

[tool_scrounge]

Then there is Doug Dorr's Kool-Tools. This was bought years ago at the swap meet in Huntington Beach...

 

[Gpgtp]

Very creative!

When I was a little boy, my mom would insist that my dad allow me to "help" him work on cars. He didn't have a lot of patience for "kids stuff", but he allowed me to sit on a stool while he was under the car, and he would ask me for tools. But I was about 4-5 years old, so I had a lot of trouble knowing what comes after 9/16, etc, and that drove him nuts. So I ended up sitting there, playing with the tools, getting my hands nice and greasy (fun, back then). I distinctly recall seeing animal shapes in certain pliers, adjustable wrenches, and playing with them as dinosaurs as I sat there. But dad would get mad when I started making animal sounds, etc. He said, "Those are TOOLS, not toys. If you want to play with toys, get out of the garage."

I always stayed, just got quieter, and kept playing with tools...

Your dad was a real dikhead