- Joined
- Dec 18, 2012
- Messages
- 399
Gents,
If they weren't trying to get rid of everything instead of dumping it, I'd have felt bad about it. My wife and I spent three and a half hours last night picking through the inheritance of a hoarder left to his kid. The man had collected 60 years of tools and everything else you can imagine. We weren't the first ones there but our time was well spent. We collected more things for our homestead than I care to type. Everything from a kerosene heater and bolt cutters to canning equipment, propane tanks, a vintage wood chisel with the original handle, garden tools, and a maul. There is just far too much to list. All together, I paid $100. Considering the massive amount of near new or vintage tools we picked up, I probably paid about $2 total for these three....
Vintage Plumb carpenter's hatchet. Marked "USA" and "Plumb."
An axe with no markings but "D5." Anyone know what that means? I searched but couldn't find anything. It looks to be about a 3.5 pound head on a 30" handle. It looks relatively unused as well. I figure I will strip it, replace the handle, and sharpen.
And the best find of the night...a vintage perforated lance tooth one man crosscutter. It has the helper handle, I just cut it out of the photo. The teeth look straight and are still pretty damn sharp. It's more dirty than anything else but as you can see from the picture, I will have to replace the handle. Anyone know where I can get a replacement?
We'll be headed back over Sunday to see if there is anything else we can score. Anyways, thanks for listening to me brag for a while. :barf:
Surviromind
If they weren't trying to get rid of everything instead of dumping it, I'd have felt bad about it. My wife and I spent three and a half hours last night picking through the inheritance of a hoarder left to his kid. The man had collected 60 years of tools and everything else you can imagine. We weren't the first ones there but our time was well spent. We collected more things for our homestead than I care to type. Everything from a kerosene heater and bolt cutters to canning equipment, propane tanks, a vintage wood chisel with the original handle, garden tools, and a maul. There is just far too much to list. All together, I paid $100. Considering the massive amount of near new or vintage tools we picked up, I probably paid about $2 total for these three....
Vintage Plumb carpenter's hatchet. Marked "USA" and "Plumb."
An axe with no markings but "D5." Anyone know what that means? I searched but couldn't find anything. It looks to be about a 3.5 pound head on a 30" handle. It looks relatively unused as well. I figure I will strip it, replace the handle, and sharpen.
And the best find of the night...a vintage perforated lance tooth one man crosscutter. It has the helper handle, I just cut it out of the photo. The teeth look straight and are still pretty damn sharp. It's more dirty than anything else but as you can see from the picture, I will have to replace the handle. Anyone know where I can get a replacement?
We'll be headed back over Sunday to see if there is anything else we can score. Anyways, thanks for listening to me brag for a while. :barf:
Surviromind
.