Off Topic The Hand Tool thread

[Steve Tall]

Chisel is marked. O-K (little) A- M (little) O. Anyone have any idea??

I was thinking the chisel trademark was separated into syllables, like how it was pronounced, O-Ka-Mo = OKAMO.

OKAMO was a trademark of the Richards & Conover Hardware Co. of Kansas City, MO.

This issue of Hardware Age from 1964 lists OKAMO as their trademark for garden hose, roof cement, shovels, scoops, roof coating, sledge & hammer handles:

This page from a Richards & Conover catalog, supposedly dated 1936, shows an OKAMO Michigan Pattern axe, and an OKAMO Western Pattern axe, along with three patterns in the "NEW WEST" brand, a Rich-Con axe, and a couple Plumb Dreadnaughts:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/390335492696832974/

 

[Brian Rust]

Wow great job Steve!! That must have taken a while. I could not find a damn thing haha. Thanks man!!!

 

[tiguy7]

Titanium screwdrivers with Zirconium bearings.

 

[phantomknives]

those are some really fancy screwdrivers, what exactly do they do different, are they just straight shafts with a turning cap?

 

[tiguy7]

The knurling gives a good purchase on the shank. The bearings are ceramic and low friction. The cap allows downward pressure on the bit/fastener. I didn’t think they would be a huge improvement over my other drivers, but I was wrong. They are a joy to use, and they speed up my assembly and disassembly operations.
The tool is Titanium, but the magnet insert that holds the bits has just the right attraction.

 

[Square_peg]

View attachment 996628 Titanium screwdrivers with Zirconium bearings.

I like those!

Are they available as Torx Pin-in? I'm currently working with a lot of security hardware.

 

[A17]

Bank robbery? Assassination?

 

[tiguy7]

I like those!

Are they available as Torx Pin-in? I'm currently working with a lot of security hardware.

You have to furnish your own bits. The bit set in the picture happens to be a Wiha TORX Plus assortment.
The brand is Rain.Z Knives.

 

[A17]

I picked this little guy out of a pile of scrap. It appears to be a Buck Bros cranked (yes, I know what I'm talking about) 3/4 inch chisel. It needs some work but I'm just happy I saved it. The photos are of it along with some relatives. It's the rustiest one.

 

[junkenstien]

Millers Falls No 10,blo on 90 year old cocobolo.

 

[Brian Rust]

I picked this little guy out of a pile of scrap. It appears to be a Buck Bros cranked (yes, I know what I'm talking about) 3/4 inch chisel. It needs some work but I'm just happy I saved it. The photos are of it along with some relatives. It's the rustiest one.

Cranked chisels are a nice find. Especially a buck bros. Make sure you put a copper/brass
ferrule on whatever handle you make. Or the one you purchase has one. That tang will crack it with hand pressure. Awesome find!!!

 

[A17]

An L.S. Starrett hacksaw I got. It has little V shaped nubs that lock it at 90 or 45 degree angles. It's been really handy.

 

[survivor45]

Finished this up today.
For pounding in wooden wedges.
Nothing too special. Delrin head weighs just under 2 1/2 lbs. with the handle an even 3 lbs. OAL is 16”.
Hammer face is 4” by 1 5/8”.
Just need to put some BLO on the handle.

 

[A17]

My brother found this and gave it to me. Probably a 3/4 inch as that's all I find secondhand.

 

[Uncle Timbo]

Green Woodworking and Hand Tools

Englishman Harry Rodgers joins a merry band of Bodgers to ". . . cut down a tree and make a chair from it, all within one day. So that involves splitting out the wood, pole lathe turning, steam bending, assembly and Shaker tape seat weaving..all to be completed in a day." And have a cup of tea too!

Bob

Pretty dang cool. I enjoyed the lathes. I guess when the "springy green" wears out of the "return" poles, you use them for kindling and cut some more.

 

[phantomknives]

apparently these aluminum/bondo/wood files, what ever they're meant for, have a special type of handle you'd use with'm, at least that's what the guy told me.

I really like these pliers, they're like channel locks but they kinda slide into the right size, i can see these being pretty useful, one of the ends used to have a flat head driver on it but it's long since snapped.

 

[garry3]

apparently these aluminum/bondo/wood files, what ever they're meant for, have a special type of handle you'd use with'm, at least that's what the guy told me.

I really like these pliers, they're like channel locks but they kinda slide into the right size, i can see these being pretty useful, one of the ends used to have a flat head driver on it but it's long since snapped.

Thats a nice handle.
Vixen files work well with wood. I use a rounded one more often. They leave a cleaner surface than a rasp.

 

[Square_peg]

apparently these aluminum/bondo/wood files, what ever they're meant for, have a special type of handle you'd use with'm, at least that's what the guy told me.

Never seen one before.

 

[Agent_H]

Do they look similar to the one in the upper right of this picture?

 

[I'mSoSharp]

I've collected tools for a long time, I didn't even realise I was collecting for many years!

I'll try & post some of the more unusual, starting with these lovely adjustable wrenches, assumed to be coach bolt wrenches from way back.
They appear to be marked "Somborn" & "Montan Werks".