Car boot finds

[Sparky415]

@Mat, It looks like its well sown on..... I might have a play with it later 

 @Paul
 Take hats with you cos its going to be sunny 

[Zed]

@Mat, It looks like its well sown on..... I might have a play with it later 

 @Paul
 Take hats with you cos its going to be sunny 

   will do mate,with my bald head i need it 

[Sparky415]

Not a SAK in sight..... well there was an overpriced one 

An old hammer head
A pile of old tobacco tins
Two very nice (too nice to be left at the car boot) Footprint, wood handled with brass ferules, wood chisels   
And a pint coffee mug 

dozen fresh eggs and some nice bread   

[Zed]

nice tins tony 

well i went to the ashley heath car booty today in the new forest,its huge but i had some real luck, 2 Khukri's  for £15 ,i cant wait to restore them , plus a old richards of sheffileds pocket knife for £2 and a cheapy MT for in the kitchen draw  as well as all the stuff i got from my uncles house saturday im having a good weekend 


the scabards need more sorting than the knives, i think these are military models as shorter blades ? no little utility blades though .

[Sparky415]

Great score Paul!!! 

Those two are just 

[Zed]

Great score Paul!!! 

Those two are just 

  cheers mate im chuffed, angie took a bit of talking into it  i got the look  but i havnt had one since i sold my one back in the early 90's so i cant wait to start on them, im hoping for monday off work as my backs bad due to all the lifting ive been doing recently, so i can see me monday sat in the sun worling on one of these  there both kind of different handle wise as one shows the full tang and the other is the more normal full grip type,

[nuphoria]

Very nice.... you going to make them all shiny and pretty again?

[enki_ck]

Great score Paul!!! 

Those two are just 

+1

Those look awesome. I wish I could find stuff like that here.

[Zed]

Great score Paul!!! 

Those two are just 

+1

Those look awesome. I wish I could find stuff like that here.

This was a rare find mate, if you ever see these there usualy the wall hanging type, 

[Sparky415]

Great score Paul!!! 

Those two are just 

  cheers mate im chuffed, angie took a bit of talking into it  i got the look  but i havnt had one since i sold my one back in the early 90's so i cant wait to start on them, im hoping for monday off work as my backs bad due to all the lifting ive been doing recently, so i can see me monday sat in the sun worling on one of these  there both kind of different handle wise as one shows the full tang and the other is the more normal full grip type,

I don't often get 'the look' but I think that's because she doesn’t come with me to the booty's very often   

[Zed]

Great score Paul!!! 

Those two are just 

  cheers mate im chuffed, angie took a bit of talking into it  i got the look  but i havnt had one since i sold my one back in the early 90's so i cant wait to start on them, im hoping for monday off work as my backs bad due to all the lifting ive been doing recently, so i can see me monday sat in the sun worling on one of these  there both kind of different handle wise as one shows the full tang and the other is the more normal full grip type,

I don't often get 'the look' but I think that's because she doesn’t come with me to the booty's very often   

I had 3 of them giving me the look tony   

[Sparky415]

  You could try telling her 'you only brought them with you to carry your stuff' 


Don't tell her I said that 

[Zed]

  You could try telling her 'you only brought them with you to carry your stuff' 


Don't tell her I said that 

   she is standing right behind me        

[Sparky415]

  You could try telling her 'you only brought them with you to carry your stuff' 


Don't tell her I said that 

   she is standing right behind me        

I have always said shes the best thing that ever happened to you Mate 

[Zed]

  You could try telling her 'you only brought them with you to carry your stuff' 


Don't tell her I said that 

   she is standing right behind me        

I have always said shes the best thing that ever happened to you Mate 

   she dont believe you mate   

[Sparky415]

  You could try telling her 'you only brought them with you to carry your stuff' 


Don't tell her I said that 

   she is standing right behind me        

I have always said shes the best thing that ever happened to you Mate 

   she dont believe you mate 

Non of them ever do 
Just say I'm sorry and it won't happen again 

 

[Sparky415]

I have been playing with these chisels 



I decided to try something different from the wire brush this time, they went straight in to the vinegar (not the handles    )

Cleaned the black off with a rag then a green scourer,
Started to polish the top one with some brass polish and rubbed down with linseed oil

What I thought was a 'Marples' is actually a 'Jewson's chisel 
(I went a bit wrong with the Primary grind on this one  )




Just need polish the other two and sharpen 



I'm really glad I bought the 'Footprint' chisels now (I nearly didn't bother as they were so tatty) 

[MultiMat]

Tony they came up great mate 

[Zed]

Tony they came up great mate 

+1 thay came up great tony     

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Tony they came up great mate 

agreed they look pukka mate

[Sparky415]

Thanks Guys
I think vinegar is the way to go, no dust, no noise of the wire wheel, no ouch my eye 
Just pop them in a jar of cheap vinegar overnight, wash the black stuff off in the kitchen sink in the morning an Bobs your uncle 

The only thing to remember is they have this gray patina instead of a shiny finish
If my spork polisher had not died I think I would see what they looked like after a good polish 

PS, If you do buy rusty wood chisels, pitting on the front or cutting edge is fine as we can sharpen it out but pitting on the back pretty much ruins the chisel (or makes a huge amount of work) 
 

[ryan1835]

Thanks Guys
I think vinegar is the way to go, no dust, no noise of the wire wheel, no ouch my eye 

 





cant you just grind a bit off the back and sharpen them into a staggered vee?

[nuphoria]

Good work that man - more tools rescued from oblivion

[Sparky415]

@Ryan 
You and I wouldn't worry about it Mate but Chippys get stressed out if the back isn't perfectly flat 
@Nuphoria
Thanks I think these were worth saving 

Now I need a proper wood mallet to wack them with
(not my Ax head adjuster)

[Sparky415]

I almost forgot about this little chap
Hes been in the vinegar for about 30 hours (that will bugger the wood worm  ) and might go back in tonight 

[Neil]

I'm renaming you Tony de Oxide, the Rust Master ^TM.  Has a ring to it don't you think

Nice haul gents. 

I did three boot sales this last weekend. Keeps me fit

Spotted a Victorinox Hunter but the guy wanted too much for it. Didn't buy an pretty cool axe head that I'm now regretting walking away from  

Got a pile of old broken mobiles for a couple of quid that I'm now playing gut swaps with to get a few working.  I bought the boys an old Intel microscope but its around a decade old and the drivers are a joke.  Its a neat bit of hardware for kids though, so I'll probably gut the electronics and replace them with the board from a modern web cam.

Oh and I found a Vic. Ensign

[Sparky415]

I'm renaming you Tony de Oxide, the Rust Master ^TM.  Has a ring to it don't you think

Nice haul gents. 

I did three boot sales this last weekend. Keeps me fit

Spotted a Victorinox Hunter but the guy wanted too much for it. Didn't buy an pretty cool axe head that I'm now regretting walking away from  

Got a pile of old broken mobiles for a couple of quid that I'm now playing gut swaps with to get a few working.  I bought the boys an old Intel microscope but its around a decade old and the drivers are a joke.  Its a neat bit of hardware for kids though, so I'll probably gut the electronics and replace them with the board from a modern web cam.

Oh and I found a Vic. Ensign

  Go back for it

Rust master  …. sounds better than the dust mester   
Sound like you've been busy Mate 
There's a big one here at the weekend, I'm collecting all my change together 


By the way

If anyone coming to the meet finds a small ( 3 or 4inch no bigger ) engineers square I would be very grateful

I decided I really need one it will help with my chisel sharpening 


.

[Neil]

If he's there this weekend I will

I've got an engineer's square you can have Tony. Just remind me to bring it nearer the date

[Sparky415]

If he's there this weekend I will

I've got an engineer's square you can have Tony. Just remind me to bring it nearer the date

I knew you were the person to ask  .....  what do you need me to find in my garage before the meet? (there's no lathes in there  )

[Neil]

Well actually... PM incoming