It followed me home (Part 2)

rockman0 said:
Picked up this plumb yesterday from a guy that answered an add for old pocket knives. I liked the hatchet better than the knives but I did roll 2 knives in to seal the deal. Before and after pics. It cleaned up well, just need a little blo in the eye. The head is tight so no need to reset the wedge, if it starts to loosen i will. Original handle with the take up screw. Pre perma bond. Already had the sheath so it was nice to match the old pair up.
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I'm a sucker for cool old pocket knives.
 
Some used tools I bought recently, these "Made in USA" military surplus mattocks (stamped WARWOOD 5 in the seller photo below)

I figured it was worth it, being a "Made in USA" WARWOOD, so I ordered two. However, when they arrived, I was disappointed to see that there were no WARWOOD stamps, one was instead stamped "Mexico" (and it weighed 6 pounds, not 5), and the other one was stamped "Truper". So I returned them.

It's not such a clear violation of the FTC "Made in USA" regulations when they can claim (as they did) that some imported ones must have gotten into the bin by mistake, and the packer doesn't check each one before shipping them to customers. Caveat emptor.
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Steve Tall said:
Some used tools I bought recently, these "Made in USA" military surplus mattocks (stamped WARWOOD 5 in the seller photo below)

I figured it was worth it, being a "Made in USA" WARWOOD, so I ordered two. However, when they arrived, I was disappointed to see that there were no WARWOOD stamps, one was instead stamped "Mexico" (and it weighed 6 pounds, not 5), and the other one was stamped "Truper". So I returned them.

It's not such a clear violation of the FTC "Made in USA" regulations when they can claim (as they did) that some imported ones must have gotten into the bin by mistake, and the packer doesn't check each one before shipping them to customers. Caveat emptor.
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Really sucks that you can't really prove whether or not they tried to scam you or if their story is true, I really hope they just didn't look.
 
Steve Tall said:
Some used tools I bought recently, these "Made in USA" military surplus mattocks (stamped WARWOOD 5 in the seller photo below)

I figured it was worth it, being a "Made in USA" WARWOOD, so I ordered two. However, when they arrived, I was disappointed to see that there were no WARWOOD stamps, one was instead stamped "Mexico" (and it weighed 6 pounds, not 5), and the other one was stamped "Truper". So I returned them.

It's not such a clear violation of the FTC "Made in USA" regulations when they can claim (as they did) that some imported ones must have gotten into the bin by mistake, and the packer doesn't check each one before shipping them to customers. Caveat emptor.
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Where did you order them from?

I have a pile of those all USA made that I have no use for. I'm not sure about shipping cost though.
 
I guess it's an "open secret". At least with my OS. YMMV.

"in the seller photo below"

If I put my cursor on that photo and right click a menu will open"



The easiest for me is to click on the first option "open image in new tab". The new tab will show the URL of the image and reveal the seller.



Bob
 
jblyttle said:
Where did you order them from?
I have a pile of those all USA made that I have no use for. I'm not sure about shipping cost though.
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Thanks, I appreciate it. I'll hold off on buying any because just the postage costs (I checked) would be more than the total I paid at Open Secret (with their Free Shipping deal).
 
It didn't follow me home but I was tempted. Spotted it at an awesome local tool shop. They used to have a bunch of Stubai stuff there. I only saw two Stubai items on this trip. Heckuva long skinny mortise axe.

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Square_peg said:
It didn't follow me home but I was tempted. Spotted it at an awesome local tool shop. They used to have a bunch of Stubai stuff there. I only saw two Stubai items on this trip. Heckuva long skinny mortise axe.

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I really like the way Eric Sloane's folksy artwork has worked it's way into Austrian export tools such as this mortise axe/chisel. Take a close look at the Stubai illustration.
 
I hadn't picked up on that but it sure does look like Sloane's artwork. I have a copy of that around here somewhere.......

Found. It's a modified copy of Sloane from page 12 of his 'Museum of Early America Tools'.
 
Square_peg said:
I hadn't picked up on that but it sure does look like Sloane's artwork. I have a copy of that around here somewhere.......

Found. It's a modified copy of Sloane from page 12 of his 'Museum of Early America Tools'.
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Purists often find fault with his 'armchair-guesstimates' of how bizarre old tools, that he came across, might actually have been used but "we" owe Eric Sloane infinite gratitude for having searched out, gathered up, inspected, scrutinized and publicized obscure early Americana items into an 'easy reader' catalogue format beginning almost a century ago. As a forerunner of pioneer tool appreciation he not only realized that a 'picture is worth a 1000 words' but expanded their worth by carefully labelling his illustrations.
 

Unmarked pruning saw my brother found in the trash.
I took some rust off the blade, sanded and oiled the very whether and checked handle, then straightened the blade a little bit.
Don't know how old it is or where it was made...ect but it cuts well enough and is another tool I didn't yet have.
 
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