Given some nice old tools for knife making yesterday - let me know if you know about

[Yo Mama]

Over Christmas, we go to the Wife's Grandmother's home. In the workshop still resides a nice setup from her husband, as well as her Father who owned the home originally. The tools range from 30 plus years up.

I was told by her that I could take what I wanted to use for making knives, I jumped into the shed!

Ran into a few things that I just see as really special, especially the family connection.

Coping saw is USA made, sander as well.

Then I see this blue box on a shelf buried deep. I had to get to it climbing over tons of stuff. Got it out and found this!:

If you know anything about the torch I'm especially interested to know if I can still use it, as I plan on pairing with a weed burning torch for my forge.

Thanks!

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

It is really nice to have family tools.

The torch can be used for a few shop tasks...and is especially good for lighting the forge. That type is not really suitable for hardening, but is fine for drawing a temper on the spine of hardened blades. It is good for annealing a tang after HT, also.

The coping saw frame and good blades can cut handle blocks to shape and trim scales. They are not especially good for steel cutting, but metal cutting blades are available.

The "jitterbug" sander is nice for a few sanding tasks, but one that old probably has the bushes and oscillator bearing/bushing worn out. It may be best to keep as a display piece of family tool treasures.

 

[Yo Mama]

Thanks Stacy!