Traditional knives and tools

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Another example of "not my tool, but the hovering knife is mine." :rolleyes:
This workboat left the Cedarville marina almost every weekday morning at about 9am and headed east through the Lake Huron bay on which sat the cottage we were renting for vacation for a couple of weeks in August; we'd see the boat heading back to the marina most day around 4 or 5pm. There are many properties on islands in Lake Huron that are accessible only by boat, so this workboat and its crew keeps busy with dock and boat house installation and repairs, keeping channels open for boat traffic, delivering construction materials, etc. I don't think it's carrying a cement mixer in this photo, but I'll bet it often does. So I'm going to post a link to another James Taylor performance of "Steamroller Blues" (a laid-back, solo, acoustic performance that I think is very amusing); in the second verse he describes a the cement mixer that he is as a "churnin' urn of burnin' funk", and there are not many song lyrics more evocative than that!
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- GT
 
Eads1999 said:
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Such a shame what happened to Craftsman, they were a go-to for affordable reliable American made tools for so many people for over 50 years.

The good news is that S-B&D has their new Craftsman plant up and rolling in Texas and ratchets should be hitting the market here in the next few months.
Only the ratchet bodies are forged here ( 100% of American steel ) with the internals being Taiwanese, but it's a start and hopefully it's not long before the entire ratchets are American made and we have a full line of quality American made tools available to consumers at a reasonable price again.

If only WRIGHT tool would step up with marketing to consumers, well ideally WRIGHT PROTO and WILLIAMS.
Currently the only ratchets that even come close are S•K since you can find
hardware stores that stock their tools, but they're now owned by a Chinese corporation and ratchet production is currently on hiatus.

Beautiful bone on that one there by the way, sometimes their jigging patterns are a bit plain but the color choices and dye jobs are always beautiful.
 
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Hickory n steel said:
Such a shame what happened to Craftsman, they were a go-to for affordable reliable American made tools for so many people for over 50 years.

The good news is that S-B&D has their new Craftsman plant up and rolling in Texas and ratchets should be hitting the market here in the next few months.
Only the ratchet bodies are forged here ( 100% of American steel ) with the internals being Taiwanese, but it's a start and hopefully it's not long before the entire ratchets are American made and we have a full line of quality American made tools available to consumers at a reasonable price again.

If only WRIGHT tool would step up with marketing to consumers, well ideally WRIGHT PROTO and WILLIAMS.
Currently the only ratchets that even come close are S•K since you can find H
hardware stores that stock their tools, but they're now owned by a Chinese corporation and ratchet production is currently on hiatus.

Beautiful bone on that one there by the way, sometimes their jigging patterns are a bit plain but the color choices and dye jobs are always beautiful.
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Hickory a Steel: Thanks for that information. At least it helps a bit regarding who owns what, who is making what and where it's available.
 
buckthorn said:
Hickory a Steel: Thanks for that information. At least it helps a bit regarding who owns what, who is making what and where it's available.
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I should add that appropriating long-standing, reputable brand names to sell inferior knives/tools morally reprehensible-just another example of fraud and theft.
 
buckthorn said:
I should add that appropriating long-standing, reputable brand names to sell inferior knives/tools morally reprehensible-just another example of fraud and theft.
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I agree.
S•K is owned by a Corporation named gold star or great star, the same Chinese company who also bought Shop-Vac 2 years ago.
They claim the plan is to keep US production just as they claimed with Shop-Vac but I'm not even sure what the current situation is with Shop-vac since they were barely manufacturing things here in the US as it was.
Their claims tell us they at least know that MADE IN USA is marketable, and I don't care why a company chooses to manufacture products here as long as they actually do so and make a good product.

Some people swore off S•K due to the Chinese ownership , but I personally don't care who owns them as long as domestic industry and blue collar workers are being supported.
Domestic ownership and manufacturing are most ideal but in the best of a bad situation I'd rather have domestic industry and blue collar jobs and let some other country have the headquarters.

I don't care what country were talking about either, domestic manufacturing is better for that country and it's people than mere ownership and headquarters location.
 
Hickory n steel said:
I agree.
S•K is owned by a Corporation named gold star or great star, the same Chinese company who also bought Shop-Vac 2 years ago.
They claim the plan is to keep US production just as they claimed with Shop-Vac but I'm not even sure what the current situation is with Shop-vac since they were barely manufacturing things here in the US as it was.
Their claims tell us they at least know that MADE IN USA is marketable, and I don't care why a company chooses to manufacture products here as long as they actually do so and make a good product.

Some people swore off S•K due to the Chinese ownership , but I personally don't care who owns them as long as domestic industry and blue collar workers are being supported.
Domestic ownership and manufacturing are most ideal but in the best of a bad situation I'd rather have domestic industry and blue collar jobs and let some other country have the headquarters.
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"I don't care what country were talking about either, domestic manufacturing is better for that country and it's people than mere ownership and headquarters location."
Makes sense to me and I'd take it a step further: worker ownership is even better.
 
Old excellent Wolstenholme IXL electrician twin blade knife with scales turning up at the end.

I tried Jacks idea of putting the knife in the dark but the scales didnt alter.

So after a bit of experiment I am using my old issued Army hand vice from 1970 (indespensable tool out in the field) so I can bring it indoors so the heat may help,its under the radiator now.

I put washers that I packed out to into the gap so it didnt sqaush in the knife.





















Some old tools like these 2 hole US pliers,love the pattern for grip.








 
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Johnnythefox said:
Old excellent Wolstenholme IXL electrician twin blade knife with scales turning up at the end.

I tried Jacks idea of putting the knife in the dark but the scales didnt alter.

So after a bit of experiment I am using my old issued Army hand vice from 1970 (indespensable tool out in the field) so I can bring it indoors so the heat may help,its under the radiator now.

I put washers that I packed out to into the gap so it didnt sqaush in the knife.





















Some old tools like these 2 hole US pliers,love the pattern for grip.








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You need to put it away for a few months :) That's a nice hand-vice :cool:
 
I have quite a few of my fathers tools but this tape measure is very special to me. I saw him with lots of tape measures over the years but going through all the tools after he passed it was hard to tell which he used and which he had picked up here or there to sell at the flea market.

I found this one in an old toolbox a couple of years ago, definitely carried and used often as well as being marked. As he was a carpenter most all his life almost every memory of him has a tape measure in it either being carried 'just in case', putting together an estimate, building houses, heck he even carried one fishing so we wouldn't have to worry if the game warden showed up. The actual tape is a bit worn but it works just fine and I've used it for a couple of small projects.

Along with a great 47.
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I happened to have this stainless Mikov in my pocket because I had been doing some cleaning up and wanted something cheap and washable on me in case I encountered any dirty cutting tasks. Later when working on my boat I found I needed a knife for a particular cut, and it’s what I had on me. It was less than ideal for the task, but I made do.

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Tx308 said:
I have quite a few of my fathers tools but this tape measure is very special to me. I saw him with lots of tape measures over the years but going through all the tools after he passed it was hard to tell which he used and which he had picked up here or there to sell at the flea market.

I found this one in an old toolbox a couple of years ago, definitely carried and used often as well as being marked. As he was a carpenter most all his life almost every memory of him has a tape measure in it either being carried 'just in case', putting together an estimate, building houses, heck he even carried one fishing so we wouldn't have to worry if the game warden showed up. The actual tape is a bit worn but it works just fine and I've used it for a couple of small projects.

Along with a great 47.
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Minus the knife, these 5 tools of my grandfathers were involved in many of the memories I have of him.
From him building my toy box, replacing our roof, or many other things he was working on whenever I'd go to visit.
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I need to get a better blade, but the skill is still my primary Circ-Saw.
The 12 foot Stanley lovelock is my favorite tape, lots of sentimental value for sure but it's just so darn convenient and is the perfect size for most of my measuring needs.
 
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