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nl Offline GotBluntnose

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Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
on: September 14, 2021, 02:08:30 PM
Here is my 1930~1970's vintage multitool (non-USA), hence Euro/Japan drawer.

Left to right:
Top row:
- Pradel Tudor with Verjoux baby wrench / France / ~1920s
- German kitchen/bar multitool DBGM / Germany / ~1960s
Middle row:
- Hoffritz branded pliers tool / Germany / ~1960s
- Griffon branded pliers tool / Germany / ~1960s
- Voss cut co tool pliers / Germany / ~1960s
- Japan tang version pliers / Japan / ~1970s
- Unbranded ruler pliertool / ~1980s
- Depose Brevete pruner / France / ~1950s
- Wrench tool + saw / Germany / ~1960s
- Wrench tool Hescoli / Germany / ~1960s
- Zoo Line monkey wrench / Japan / ~1970s
- Lunawerk Solingen wrench / Germany / ~1960s
- Bow tool / Germany / ~1960s
Bottom row:
- Skillman Japan pliers / Japan / ~1970s
- Hubeo Pocket tool / Germany / ~1960s
- Seaboard Steel pliers / France / ~1950s
- L'Electric Brevete pliers / France / ~1950s
- L'Electric Hoffritz brand / France / ~1960s
- L'Electric Brevete pliers / France / ~1950s
- L'Electric Executive line Italy / France / ~1960s
- Seaboard Steel wrench / France / ~1950s
- KTK Thiers wrench la beche / France / ~1930s
- Hoffritz branded wrench / Germany / ~1960s
- Mini wrench Hoffritz Italy / Italy / ~1950s
- Self adjusting Wrench / Japan / ~1970s
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Re: Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
Reply #1 on: September 14, 2021, 02:42:50 PM
Sweet collection !    :like: :tu:
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Re: Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
Reply #2 on: September 14, 2021, 04:19:22 PM
This is a great collection.  Thanks for sharing.   :like:
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Re: Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
Reply #3 on: September 14, 2021, 07:50:22 PM
I see several on my long term want list. Great collection!
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Re: Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
Reply #4 on: September 15, 2021, 12:48:38 AM
Fantastic collection :like: :tu:
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Re: Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
Reply #5 on: September 15, 2021, 12:57:42 AM
Very nice!!!
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Re: Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
Reply #6 on: September 15, 2021, 01:49:16 AM
Awesome grouping. I only have a few.  :tu:    :like:
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Re: Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
Reply #7 on: September 15, 2021, 02:59:14 PM
Quote from: SteveC on September 14, 2021, 02:42:50 PM
Sweet collection !    :like: :tu:

Dude collection !    :like: :tu:
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Re: Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
Reply #8 on: September 15, 2021, 05:15:21 PM
You are all very kind. Thank you.
Here some higher res opened tools:



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Re: Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
Reply #9 on: September 16, 2021, 04:58:49 PM
Those look great! Do you use any of them or are they just for collecting and looking at?

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Re: Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
Reply #10 on: September 16, 2021, 05:28:36 PM
Excellent pre-leatherman MT collection.   :salute:   :tu:   :hatsoff:

I'm thinking that lot must have taken some time & effort to amass.
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Re: Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
Reply #11 on: September 17, 2021, 11:10:30 AM
Quote from: pfrsantos on September 16, 2021, 04:58:49 PM
Those look great! Do you use any of them or are they just for collecting and looking at?

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They are still usable, but because the (back) springs slowly degrade, it's better to just leave them as pieces of art.
Some are also not great to hold, our (grand)parents must have had iron hands.
The most comfortable to hold are the Hoffritz Wrench and the Hubeo Pocket Tool.


Quote from: gregozedobe on September 16, 2021, 05:28:36 PM
Excellent pre-leatherman MT collection.   :salute:   :tu:   :hatsoff:

I'm thinking that lot must have taken some time & effort to amass.

Years.
Though the easiest to obtain were the Seaboard Steel tools, L'electric and DGM pliers. (most from eBay).
The others I've either seen once for sale or come around once a year or so on ebay/auction websites.
Don't be picky on the quality if you want to start collecting these. A better quality will come along for a cheaper price, you just have to be patient.

Price wise there is no good way to value them, some go for $20 others of the same quality go for $200. It's just too niche.
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Re: Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
Reply #12 on: January 12, 2022, 10:03:21 PM
So glad we have such an awesome and diverse group of collectors in the forum. Very cool collection. Thanks for sharing. :salute:
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Re: Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
Reply #13 on: February 05, 2023, 11:13:07 PM
Any more tools added to this drawer in the past year and a half Jan?   :)

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Re: Vintage Euro/Japan Multitool drawer (1930~1970)
Reply #14 on: February 07, 2023, 05:54:48 AM
Amazing !

I think “Japan tang version pliers / Japan / ~1970s” was prototype of AG. Russell AG-TOOL. AG-TOOL was probably made by Mitsuboshi Cutlery which once had produced Japanese PST of Leatherman.

I know very little about the other Japanese tools in the picture. Because they are probably export-only products and have never been seen in Japan!

One more thing, I was very surprised to find out that there is an original to Spyderco Byrd 8tool Harp.

Wow!

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