Traditional knives and tools

[Will Power]

I just got this crescent wrench. Good buy for $10.

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Wrench? Where??? Oh yes....frankly I was mesmerised by the Butter & Molasses beauty with a nice new shining edge, a tool for all seasons and many of them

 

[Jack Black]

 

[Hickory n steel]

 

[Jack Black]

 

[Gonzalo]

 

[TheChunk91]

My dad had these pliers in his first toolkit as a child.

 

[Hickory n steel]

My dad had these pliers in his first toolkit as a child.

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At least they were real pliers.
Mine were pot metal.

 

[TheChunk91]

At least they were real pliers.
Mine were pot metal.

These would have been from the 60’s, back when cheap stuff was still pretty good.

 

[cudgee]

back when cheap stuff was still pretty good.

Because it was still manufactured locally.

 

[Hickory n steel]

These would have been from the 60’s, back when cheap stuff was still pretty good.

Really the main difference is that he got a real tool set while I got a " jr helper " tool set which was not intended to be real tools.
My first real tool set a few years later had real tools, but yes they were cheap and low quality.

 

[Johnnythefox]

My neighbour gave me a pallet he was throwing away.

So I trimmed and fiddled with it till it fit my side gate and stopped my bins hitting it.

It also gives a place to hide parcels behind the bins as they do nowadays.

No technological marvel but boy are those pallets hard to take apart without trashing them.

In the end I glued a piece of wood at one end to get a perfect fit,thats why the plant pot is on top.

I love using my tools, like my original at least 35 years ago I got it made in England chisel which I had cleaned up.

The SAK is always with me I used the awl yet again to start screws in my no2 shed.

Isn't it amazing how patina makes it so much easer to pinch open a knifed.

 

[TheChunk91]

I found some good chrome plated channel locks today at a pawn shop for $3. They have already paid for themselves.

 

[Johnnythefox]

Some of my issued tools and a new to me F adjustable.

 

[flatblackcapo]

 

[Jack Black]

Cool pic Kevin

 

[flatblackcapo]

Cool pic Kevin

Thanks mate.

 

[Johnnythefox]

I love tinkering in my bike shed/garage.
I refurbished this old axe I bought a few months ago and got a leather cover for it.
The handle was rough,but good quality/tough wood so I smoothed it down and oiled it rather than replacing it.
I removed all the rust on the head and secured it to the shaft,then sharpened.

Please don’t get the idea I have a clue what I am doing though,I learn it as I go along

 

[Old Engineer]

I love tinkering in my bike shed/garage.
I refurbished this old axe I bought a few months ago and got a leather cover for it.
The handle was rough,but good quality/tough wood so I smoothed it down and oiled it rather than replacing it.
I removed all the rust on the head and secured it to the shaft,then sharpened.

Please don’t get the idea I have a clue what I am doing though,I learn it as I go along

If your hatchet handle is at least Snug in the Head , soak the head and that part of the handle in a bucket of water . That will tighten it up better that the screws do .

Harry

 

[Johnnythefox]

If your hatchet handle is at least Snug in the Head , soak the head and that part of the handle in a bucket of water . That will tighten it up better that the screws do .

Harry

Thanks that’s a good tip.
I hammered some slivers of wood in the top as wedges,and fitted a better screw.

 

[dantzk8]

If your hatchet handle is at least Snug in the Head , soak the head and that part of the handle in a bucket of water . That will tighten it up better that the screws do .

Harry

Thanks that’s a good tip.
I hammered some slivers of wood in the top as wedges,and fitted a better screw.

Soaking the tongue of the handle in water will work at some extent but the wood will dry and shrink again and often a bit more than the previous time.
Better is to use a 50/50 mixt of linseed oil and turpentine. Soak the tongue for several days.
If it doesn't work well enough you have to whittle a new handle. A nice hobby by the way.

Dan.