Car boot finds

Boaz · **Reply #2250 on:** May 28, 2016, 10:14:48 PM

My nose got the better of me do instead of waiting till tomorrow to have a proper look, it is most definitely Wade & Butcher. It has a beautiful if a bit feint piece of engraving on one side.

Sparky415 · **Reply #2251 on:** May 29, 2016, 12:18:28 PM

I’ve used the ‘I must not buy any more axes’ line too many times and we all know how that ends

So... ‘May contain nuts’

Boaz · **Reply #2252 on:** May 29, 2016, 01:49:58 PM

Very nice I'll take a hurt that one of them is a Spear & Jackson ?

Sparky415 · **Reply #2253 on:** May 29, 2016, 05:36:37 PM

Maybe

they're in the freezer at the moment

I was trying to be clever with my Spear and Jackson guess on your Axe,
The sticker/paint colour on the handle reminded me of a Spear and Jackson sticker I’ve seen somewhere in the past

Oh and the pliers are Elliot Lucas

Zed · **Reply #2254 on:** May 29, 2016, 05:46:07 PM

Some nice slipjoints there Tony

Sparky415 · **Reply #2255 on:** May 29, 2016, 05:57:12 PM

Thanks Mate, took me two hours to find that little lot

Zed · **Reply #2256 on:** May 29, 2016, 06:53:12 PM

I really need to start going again

Sparky415 · **Reply #2257 on:** May 30, 2016, 05:55:48 PM

Almost a waste of petrol but picked these up this morning
A really nice pair of steel secateurs

Sparky415 · **Reply #2258 on:** May 31, 2016, 09:17:46 PM

I’m happy, the ring that I almost didn’t buy is not some kind of key ring

It’s a copper 'Bull nose ring'

Sparky415 · **Reply #2259 on:** June 01, 2016, 10:39:30 PM

The brass ring cleaned up nicely

Trying to get rid of the ‘back bevel’ someone added to the blade and ‘anvil’

Not looking too bad now with a re-profiled blade

Gerhard Gerber · **Reply #2260 on:** June 02, 2016, 10:18:45 AM

Hi Tony

There was one exactly like that on our yard while I was growing up, latch was missing, but seeing your photos I can feel it in my hand.......

Sparky415 · **Reply #2261 on:** June 02, 2016, 06:06:44 PM

Thanks Gerhard,
I don’t suppose you remember who made it? there’s a P inside a vertical diamond on the side

Gerhard Gerber · **Reply #2262 on:** June 03, 2016, 01:04:57 PM

Hi Tony

That photos brought back memories, in the moment I could feel, hear and almost taste it.......but who made it, no idea.

Roughly 35 years ago

Sparky415 · **Reply #2263 on:** June 03, 2016, 06:07:25 PM

No worries Mate,

Old stuff is good!

enki_ck · **Reply #2264 on:** June 05, 2016, 07:21:34 PM

Just catching up with what you've been up to in the last few months. Love that set of drawers and what you're doing to restore them.

I'd vote that deserves a dedicated thread.

Sparky415 · **Reply #2265 on:** June 06, 2016, 12:04:41 AM

Thanks Enki my old Mate

I should spend some time and give them a coat of paint..... one day

Sparky415 · **Reply #2266 on:** June 06, 2016, 09:43:47 PM

Quote from: enki_ck on June 05, 2016, 07:21:34 PM

Just catching up with what you've been up to in the last few months. Love that set of drawers and what you're doing to restore them.

I'd vote that deserves a dedicated thread.

There might be a bit more about them here Enki

Reply no 88
http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,49361.50.html

Sparky415 · **Reply #2267 on:** June 09, 2016, 09:42:49 PM

The two rustiest axes, before

After a night in the vinegar

One of them has gone back in the soup,
This one is a Brades, made 1937 with a MOD arrow

Sparky415 · **Reply #2268 on:** June 12, 2016, 11:25:32 AM

Rain this morning, things were quiet but...
Two punches one homemade and one German made
And these little beauties
Top,
Tang marked;
Herbert Robinson
Sheffield
England
And on the blade; Real(Grinder)Lambsfoot

Bottom,
Tang marked;
Rodgers
Sheffield
England
21306

Scale marked 456 and the MOD arrow

enki_ck · **Reply #2269 on:** June 12, 2016, 12:56:47 PM

Nice

Would you happen to have a BAK with a marlin spike and bail you'd be willing to trafe for something. It would be a user so anything in decent condition would do.

Sparky415 · **Reply #2270 on:** June 12, 2016, 03:58:05 PM

So long as you are in no hurry I will see what I can find for you

I will PM a picture soonish

SteveC · **Reply #2271 on:** June 12, 2016, 04:13:37 PM

Nice score

Gareth · **Reply #2272 on:** June 12, 2016, 04:39:47 PM

That lambsfoot is a bit of all right mate.

enki_ck · **Reply #2273 on:** June 12, 2016, 05:15:36 PM

Quote from: Sparky415 on June 12, 2016, 03:58:05 PM

So long as you are in no hurry I will see what I can find for you
I will PM a picture soonish

Sparky415 · **Reply #2274 on:** June 12, 2016, 07:35:21 PM

Quote from: Gareth on June 12, 2016, 04:39:47 PM

That lambsfoot is a bit of all right mate.

Thanks Gareth
It is a little beauty, cleaned up nicely, the blades just need a sharpen and it’s good to go
The little blade is a real nail breaker, has a snap like a bear trap

Sparky415 · **Reply #2275 on:** June 12, 2016, 07:55:22 PM

Quote from: SteveC on June 12, 2016, 04:13:37 PM

Nice score

Thanks Steve, it made getting up early on a Sunday and getting rained on worth while

Boaz · **Reply #2276 on:** June 12, 2016, 11:30:19 PM

Started to clean up the axe I picked up a couple of weeks ago.

Boaz · **Reply #2277 on:** June 12, 2016, 11:30:53 PM

Started to clean up the axe I picked up a couple of weeks ago.

Sparky415 · **Reply #2278 on:** June 12, 2016, 11:38:10 PM

Proper tool maker

Sparky415 · **Reply #2279 on:** June 16, 2016, 12:00:00 AM

As Gerhard is making a hammer/axe I thought I should get a handle on this one

Ash hammer handle

Missed some stages

Needs some leather, made from an old belt and work boots

That glued up OK

The front

The Back (this is after waxing)

Added copper

Love it when a plan comes together

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