Car boot finds

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #1650 on:** April 12, 2015, 04:22:44 PM

Its amazing how much of a battering those wedges will take

David · **Reply #1651 on:** April 15, 2015, 06:43:44 AM

Reckon that is a nice hammer handle there Tony!

Sparky415 · **Reply #1652 on:** April 15, 2015, 07:55:58 PM

Quote from: David on April 15, 2015, 06:43:44 AM

Reckon that is a nice hammer handle there Tony!

It is nice and solid
It must be a good few years old, all the handles I see now are Hickory (USA)

AlephZero · **Reply #1653 on:** April 16, 2015, 10:51:15 AM

Sparky, I was just wondering... Are you absolutely sure you're not causing earth's axis to tilt by hoarding all that rusty metal at one spot?

Great finds all around!

Sparky415 · **Reply #1654 on:** April 16, 2015, 06:32:55 PM

Quote from: Aleph78 on April 16, 2015, 10:51:15 AM

Sparky, I was just wondering... Are you absolutely sure you're not causing earth's axis to tilt by hoarding all that rusty metal at one spot?

Great finds all around!

I’m just trying to even it out for Chakos tool collection

(+ Yadda & Bobs collections

)

Enjoy Mate

Yadda · **Reply #1655 on:** April 16, 2015, 08:37:05 PM

Quote from: sparky415 on April 16, 2015, 06:32:55 PM

Quote from: Aleph78 on April 16, 2015, 10:51:15 AM
Sparky, I was just wondering... Are you absolutely sure you're not causing earth's axis to tilt by hoarding all that rusty metal at one spot?

Great finds all around!

I’m just trying to even it out for Chakos tool collection (+ Yadda & Bobs collections )

Enjoy Mate

Plierenches are heavy! I get my money's worth out of every parcel I receive in the mail. Of their thousand uses self defense isn't really mentioned, but it's there. Carry a plierench in your pocket and no one will mess with you.

I'll also point out that David's PST and Plierench collections are approaching critical mass. Not that there's anything wrong with that....

Sparky415 · **Reply #1656 on:** April 16, 2015, 09:44:34 PM

Quote from: Yadda on April 16, 2015, 08:37:05 PM

Quote from: sparky415 on April 16, 2015, 06:32:55 PM
Quote from: Aleph78 on April 16, 2015, 10:51:15 AM
Sparky, I was just wondering... Are you absolutely sure you're not causing earth's axis to tilt by hoarding all that rusty metal at one spot?

Great finds all around!

I’m just trying to even it out for Chakos tool collection (+ Yadda & Bobs collections )

Enjoy Mate

Plierenches are heavy! I get my money's worth out of every parcel I receive in the mail. Of their thousand uses self defense isn't really mentioned, but it's there. Carry a plierench in your pocket and no one will mess with you.

I'll also point out that David's PST and Plierench collections are approaching critical mass. Not that there's anything wrong with that....

"Is that a Plierench in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me? "

Yadda · **Reply #1657 on:** April 17, 2015, 02:51:35 AM

Wow! I'll never be caught without my plierench again!

Sparky415 · **Reply #1658 on:** April 19, 2015, 11:53:28 AM

Picked up a few bits this morning

Another 'Ladies' Billhook, in very good condition apart from the edge

(I only call them Ladies to tease Nuphoria

)
A convexed spokeshave for doing internal curves

A knife with a very thin blade, not sure why I bought this one

Oooh and a pocket watch that I probably paid too much for

Yadda · **Reply #1659 on:** April 19, 2015, 07:23:30 PM

Nice hand vise! Does it have any manufacturing marks?

Sparky415 · **Reply #1660 on:** April 20, 2015, 08:21:44 PM

Quote from: Yadda on April 19, 2015, 07:23:30 PM

Nice hand vise! Does it have any manufacturing marks?

Just stamped (3 times) with the Guys name 'J BIRD'

J-sews · **Reply #1661 on:** April 21, 2015, 05:28:13 AM

Ooh, I've been thinking about getting one of those little vises myself lately. Never seen one around here for sale

but there's usually a few on ebay at any given moment. Seems like quite a few different companies made them.

Yadda · **Reply #1662 on:** April 21, 2015, 10:03:31 PM

Quote from: J-sews on April 21, 2015, 05:28:13 AM

Ooh, I've been thinking about getting one of those little vises myself lately. Never seen one around here for sale but there's usually a few on ebay at any given moment. Seems like quite a few different companies made them.

Me too, but I want a larger bench vise first.

Yadda · **Reply #1663 on:** April 21, 2015, 10:04:41 PM

Quote from: sparky415 on April 20, 2015, 08:21:44 PM

Quote from: Yadda on April 19, 2015, 07:23:30 PM
Nice hand vise! Does it have any manufacturing marks?

Just stamped (3 times) with the Guys name 'J BIRD'

3 times!!! J Bird must have worked in a rough area or in a shop with a lot of sticky fingers.

Sparky415 · **Reply #1664 on:** April 21, 2015, 10:24:59 PM

You might be right Yadda

Both of my hand vices (I did think I had 3

)

J-sews · **Reply #1665 on:** April 22, 2015, 02:27:01 AM

Perhaps the third one is underneath that old axe?

Or that other old axe?

Or maybe that one over there?

Or beneath that stack of axes in the corner?

Or...

Yadda · **Reply #1666 on:** April 22, 2015, 03:17:48 AM

Quote from: J-sews on April 22, 2015, 02:27:01 AM

Perhaps the third one is underneath that old axe?

Or that other old axe?

Or maybe that one over there?

Or beneath that stack of axes in the corner?

Or...

The bucket of vinegar by the table,

Or the pile next to the wire wheel,

Or next to the stack of cook stoves,

Or under that really large pile of files.....

Sparky415 · **Reply #1667 on:** April 22, 2015, 06:40:51 AM

You two are welcome to come over and help me look for it

Yadda · **Reply #1668 on:** April 22, 2015, 01:25:21 PM

Quote from: sparky415 on April 22, 2015, 06:40:51 AM

You two are welcome to come over and help me look for it

Can we go to the car boot sale too!!!!!! I can't speak for Bob, but I know If I make that trip and don't go to a booty or two I'm liable to get cranky.

Sparky415 · **Reply #1669 on:** April 22, 2015, 07:57:17 PM

Quote from: Yadda on April 22, 2015, 01:25:21 PM

Quote from: sparky415 on April 22, 2015, 06:40:51 AM

You two are welcome to come over and help me look for it

Can we go to the car boot sale too!!!!!! I can't speak for Bob, but I know If I make that trip and don't go to a booty or two I'm liable to get cranky.

Bring some nice weather with you and we can all go

David · **Reply #1670 on:** April 24, 2015, 07:34:01 AM

Quote from: J-sews on April 22, 2015, 02:27:01 AM

Perhaps the third one is underneath that old axe?

Or that other old axe?

Or maybe that one over there?

Or beneath that stack of axes in the corner?

Or...

That hand vise sure is nice lookin. That axe head has a wrap a round type of eye fur the handle. I seen some axes like that in the past but have no experience with them. What do you think of them Tony?

If I was to dig through Tonys pile of axes and billhooks I'd lose track of time and miss my flight home.

Sparky415 · **Reply #1671 on:** April 24, 2015, 06:19:01 PM

I would make sure you left on time David

(hope that didn't sound too rude

)

The red one? (stamped ‘Made in England’ if I remember correctly)
Cheap, I’m guessing they were made in the 70’s

I will take a better picture later and try the steel

Sparky415 · **Reply #1672 on:** April 30, 2015, 09:50:51 PM

Tidied up the Billhook and 'adjusted' the little red axe

zoidberg · **Reply #1673 on:** May 01, 2015, 02:20:04 AM

That's much better.

Sparky415 · **Reply #1674 on:** May 01, 2015, 06:32:09 AM

Thanks Mate,
keeps me out of trouble in the evenings

Sparky415 · **Reply #1675 on:** May 04, 2015, 11:39:02 AM

1st grass carboot of the year and not a whole lot of goodies

Did see an old kukri but it was in poor condition for the price
And saw a really nice Elwell felling axe but I didn’t have £50 to spare

But I did get the Horn

(not cheap

)

J-sews · **Reply #1676 on:** May 08, 2015, 08:52:53 PM

Looks like the big horn may have served recent duty as a hat hanger.

Oooh, and I foresee a long bath in the vinegar sometime in the very near future for that adjustable wrench.

Sparky415 · **Reply #1677 on:** May 08, 2015, 10:21:30 PM

I think that’s evidence of No12 woodworm Bob

The wrench has been in the vinegar already, soaking in WD at the min

Sparky415 · **Reply #1678 on:** May 10, 2015, 03:29:50 PM

This morning I picked up a few bits inc;

A hatchet stamped BDS foreign, which has a really nice feel to it
A made in Japan SAK
And I think a Taylor Eye Witness slippy

Yadda · **Reply #1679 on:** May 11, 2015, 02:01:59 AM

Nice rusties! Another Footprint and crescents. I don't recognize the maker on the larger crescent.

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