Whats the oldest tool you have?

[hickmlg09]

Just curious to see what your oldest tool is that you have???

 

[DrkMtnDew]

Snap-On FV 71

 

[I can fix anything]

Lots of old stuff here http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88080&highlight=vintage

 

[TAMPAGT07]

Actually, I've got an old arrowhead laying around somewhere. I guess that would have to be the oldest tool that I have. Of course, it's buried in a box up in the attic somewhere..

 

[Scout Driver]

That would be a Rays socket set that dates back to the 1920's.

Scott

 

[ramtuff]

Probably my mill...1906.

 

[lilredex]

My oldest, part of my grandfather's tools.

 

[Lotek]

Champion forge blower, 1910ish, still in use.

 

[american lockpicker]

I have some woodworking tools that could be from the late 1800's to early 1900's but I don't use them. The oldest one I use is my Facom lock grip pliers the rest is all from this century.

 

[trout]

1940 so 71-10

 

[T56 Impala]

I have a cobbler's hammer that was recovered from under the foundation of a house that was torn down in Montgomery, Alabama. The house had been erected in 1890 according to records. So, this hammer was under the house when it was built. Its just the head of the hammer. You can imagine the condition.

That old enough for ya?

 

[Lotek]

I have a weird Snap On box wrench, looks like a closed end socket on either end, with a piece of 1/4" rod in between. 1/2-9/16 probably dates to the 20's, was my grandfather's, used it the other day when I couldn't find my short 14, gotta clean up the box.

 

[Stuart in MN]

I have a couple woodworking tools (a sliding T-bevel and a try square) I got from my dad that are circa 1880. I still use them regularly.

 

[moparmuscle88]

p&c pipe wrench thats like from the 30's ???? i think

 

[Darrin88]

Not sure if this is the oldest tool I have but it's one of them. It was made in Phil. PA. around 1870. It is one big old pipe cutter.

 

[rlb1953]

Other than forge tools, the oldest tool I own is an Elgin Adjustable Alligator Wrench.

The oldest tool a use regularly is a small pair of Vacuum Grip (pre-Snap-On) side cutters.

 

[Major Ramifications]

I have some old Blackhawk sockets and rachets that I think belonged to my great grandfather(?). They were given to my dad when he was young and he gave them to me when I was young. The rachet is made of sheet metal and you have to push the square drive thingie through to the other side to reverse the direction. They eventually got bumped down to my junkyard box, but now they just sit in a drawer.

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

Magdalenian stone blades from France, late Paleolithic...circa 12-15 thousand years old.

 

[hydramatic]

Complete set of Ray sockets in box...1920`s
1923 Snap on toolbox, with tools
complete 5/8 drive set. snap on..mid to late 20`s

 

[cruiser808]

An Indestro socket set from the 1930's

 

[Steevo]

An old stanley plane, a marking gauge and a rosewood handled square, all from early 20th century.

 

[Steevo]

I know a guy that lives in Rome, who has a wheel jack from a Roman chariot.

 

[bursty]

I've got a couple wrenches that my great grandpa made by hand. maybe 80 years old?

 

[4x4gearhead]

I have an 8 oz ball pein hammer that my great grandfather had since he was a kid from early 1900's. other than that I have some blue point wrenches from 1937

 

[woody 73]

I have an old bicycle wrench from 1895,it still works!

 

[mkdive]

I know a guy that lives in Rome, who has a wheel jack from a Roman chariot.

Now that's old

 

[mrholeshot]

I have some old stuff but don't have a clue as to their actual age. mid to late 1800's I imagine.

 

[I can fix anything]

Ok i couldn't resist these are about 2500 years old.

Neolithic Paleo-Indian killing tools MADE IN THE USA!

 

[american lockpicker]

Ok i couldn't resist these are about 2500 years old.

Neolithic Paleo-Indian killing tools MADE IN THE USA!

You can find those about a mile from my house.

 

[I can fix anything]

You can find those about a mile from my house.

They can be found coast to coast.I found most of these in my back yard.

 

[Drdaves49]

I think these are close to the oldest wrenches I have .

the top right is on from VW
long black one from 30' Rolls-Royce
th small box end is also Rolls-Royce
the bottom is I'm assuming for spark plugs

 

[djjsr]

I've got a 1928 air compressor. Other than that, my oldest tool is my Johnson, made in 1950, same as the rest of me. (and it's not a SnapOn)

 

[toolsd]

I've got one of these from 1905... can't find a pic of the one I own. It's fully functional though missing that lower pulley.

This bandsaw is from 1910, the casting originally being from a company called Frank Clements, and this design being in there literature as early as the late 1890's.

Got a old Stanley fillister plane from 1884 or something.

Tools

 

[TAftw]

Probably the Williams service wrench I found at a flea market. Bought it for $.50. Probably from the 40's or 50's.

 

[RLRRLRLL]

i found a box full of old International Harvest tractor tools, not sure if they were specific to IH, but thats what the box is labeled. Lots of cool old stuff. No idea how old.

 

[fireguy]

I have Honda tools that came with my Honda 50 cc, when I was 15, in 1962. My oldest tools were given to me by my grandfather, who was a master mechanic for Amalgamated Sugar Company. I have no idea how old they are, but I got them in 1966 after he retired. Although I am not sure he knew that some of them ended up in my toolbox

 

[bent valves]

My oldest tool is an anvil. It is a Wilkeyson Forge made in Dudley, England somewhere between 1850 – 1886. It weighs more than me at 236 pound.
The green stand with a pedal will lift the anvil by lowering wheels. This allows me to move it around easily.

 

[Steevo]

Ok i couldn't resist these are about 2500 years old.

Neolithic Paleo-Indian killing tools MADE IN THE USA!

Now there you go!

The Original Made in America tools!

 

[scooterseats]

I have and still use my Dad's 1929 Kwik-Way Valve grinder. It still makes a very nice valve face too.

 

[trexdoink]

1920's 1/2 Bluepoints (yes points) tappet wrench.