Tools that have sentimental value

[Slip_Kid]

What tools do you have that have that sentimental value. Maybe handed down by you Dad or close friend. I have two that come to mind, one is a tool box and the other is a pair of pliers. Both were used by my father in-law for over 40 years who in now retired. He told me these pliers (4 1/2") were always in his pocket at work, the tool box speaks for itself. These two items will be handed to my son someday.

 

[NinetyTwoFifty]

When I was 12 years old my father gave me his SK 1/4 drive socket set. I still have it and use it.

 

[Treyz82]

I actually have several, first I have a snap on box from the late 40's to early 50's that was my granfathers. He graduated from Parks Air College in East St. Louis which has now become The University of St. Louis. He graduated there with high marks and was asked to stay on as an instructor and was given a comission in The Army Air Corps when the school became the main school for war pilots. Many of the tools like the old blue point wrenches didn't have chrome on them becuase metal was being rationed for the war. There are a lot of specialed aircraft tools that I may never use but I will always hold on to.

I also have really olden wooden chest tool box that belonged to my great grandfather. Many of the tools date back fromt eh late 1800's to early 1900's.
I need to get some picture of it but all I have is a couple of my grandfathers old snapon.

 

[jjjrmx5]

My father was as far from a "tool guy" as one can be, yet my grandfather was the biggest tinkerer in the world.

Outside of a few wrenches, some US made 50's era wood handled screwdrivers and a yankee screwdriver, my father kept very few tools around when he passed away.

On the otherhand, my brother-in-law's father passed away many years ago and he had no desire for the boxes and boxes of tools his father had, so I happily commisioned them to duty at my house and have not a single complaint using the gobs of US made vice-grips, screwdrivers and hundreds of other handtools and powertools.

 

[Outlawmws]

I have some of my dad's old tools, mostly early Protos and late Plvmb stuff with a few Snap-On's thrown in. Far from a complete set, but I've retired most of it to my "collectors roller" I still use them, especially some of the stuff I don't have in duplicate, but I've been edging towards completing some of the sets in vintage age tools and using them more. Cleaned up they are good tools and should last several lifetimes under ordinary non-industrial use.

 

[TireTracks]

My dad has tools that date back to my great great grandpa and my great grandpa. Both of them were carpenters. We still use them too, squares and saws, drawknifes, planes, a yankee screwdriver,levels, etc and w have there toolchests too. I just finished restoreing a old square back to useable condition.

 

[toolmutt]

I have a pair of fence pliers that I got when my dad passed away. He had gotten them from his father. They've actually been used by all three generations. Since the dirt is heritage, I can't bring myself to clean them up.

 

[DrkMtnDew]

A small roll around chest that houses all of grandpa's tools. sockets, ratchets, screwdrivers, a huge worm drive skil saw, and lots of little odds and ends.

 

[kxxr]

I'd have to go with this quarter inch sk. It was my dad's and besides that, it's a very nice ratchet.

 

[SweetD]

I'd go with my great-grandfather's Stanley "Sweetheart" table clamp vise. He was a very skilled woodworker from what my Dad tells me. I just discovered the vise last year at my parent's house, and it was missing a jaw insert. I had one insert made to match the original as closely as possible, and another more "modern" set of hardened inserts made. My wife actually lets me display the vise in our corner curio cabinet:

It's in very, very good condition overall. Never knew the man, but it's cool that this thing has been in my family for 100 years or so at this point.

Dave

 

[crewchief888]

i have most of my dads SK tools from '58, still have a few of his "****" screwdrivers,& pliers,
his hand saws, block planes, and level from before i was ever born.

i have no kids of my own, my stepson has no interest whatsoever in tools, or history for that matter. other 2 stepkids wouldnt know what to do with anything i have.

still have my dads guns also
they'll probably end up being auctioned or sold when i'm gone.

 

[demographic]

When my father died he didn't really have anything in the way of tools but he left me a little (about £1400) money, now most of that went on our house but I kept a little and bought an item I had wanted for quite some time and couldn't afford.

It was a Veritas low angle block plane and its a beautiful piece of workmanship, its one of those tools thats almost a part of my hand when working and even though it was never owned by my father it reminds me of him all the same.

Worth every single penny.

 

[kissmeimgerman]

Dad gave me a full 1/2 drive craftsman V set last year. I'll have those until I have a son. 8)

 

[dodge610]

I have a lot of my Dads old tools and the tools that mom bought me and dad for christmas. I still have every tool mom ever bought me a few are broke there in the roller cabinet drawer and they are there to stay.

 

[theoldwizard1]

When my dad passed, most of his tools had been picked through by neighbors that had "borrowed" them and not returned them (he was in an Alzheimer home for the last 14 months of his life). He had a nice Craftsman radial arm and table saws, but I had not place to keep them.

The one thing I kept, and is still in my tool box, is a pair of Dunlop pliers that he had put a set of red plastic grips on. They will always remind me of him.

 

[demonspeed]

My grandfather was a machinist for IBM for many years. I was very close with him when I was young. When he passed away, I inherited all of his machinist tools and boxes. I have about 2 or 3 boxes full of starrett measuring tools and things like that. The boxes are also really nice.

I only found one snap-on wrench in his collection, and I'm now a professional technician. I keep that wrench in my toolbox at work as a reminder of him and the things I learned from him.