You may recall that I inherited my grandfather’s Radial Arm Saw about a decade ago (see shop pics) so this past month, I got to talking with my Dad and asked him if he still had any of Grandpa’s other tools. He said he did and would bring them to me over the holidays. I have attached pictures of what was included. There are quite a few tools from the early 1900’s and I did a quick search on the wooden plane and it looks like it was produced from 1865-1893 by the New York Tool Co. It is in pretty rough shape (cracks in base and one side broken off wedge). All of the carving chisels I obtained from my wife’s Grandpa’s garage up north. The dark handled ones are Marples and the light handled ones are Buck Bro’s. I have a bit of clean up to do but they should add a lot of value to my hand tool collection :)
-- John H. [To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. ~Edison]
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stefang
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#1 posted 874 days ago
Wow, those look really great. You are so lucky to come from a family of woodworkers.
-- Mike, American in Norway
racerglen
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#2 posted 874 days ago
Nice collection ! And it looks like you don’t have much to do to make ‘em useable !
-- Glen, Vernon B.C. Canada
Dennisgrosen
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#3 posted 874 days ago
a very niiiceee set of tools :—)
look forward to see them sing again
and your drills looking good too :-)
take good care of them and they will see a few generations more
take care
Dennis
mpmitche
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#4 posted 874 days ago
I’m jealous, I really like the planes, drawknife and the braces and bits! Great find.
-- Mike, Western New York
rivergirl
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#5 posted 874 days ago
Lucky Dog!
-- Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."
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