T. Conroy mentioned a number of items I picked up at Alameda during the first weekend of the month, so I thought I’d follow the “it didn’t happen without pictures” rule. I tossed into the mix some findings from last weekends fleas.
In the back is a Spear & Jackson. This one is in user-condition. The two carving tools in front are both Addis. I mentioned the Crescent Edge Tool Co. slick on the Porch and am still searching for information on the maker.
Last month I sold (2) 4-1/2′s and a 604. It took me 6 months to find those. But three weeks later I have the models back again. The 4-1/2 in the middle has the wrong lever-cap and has some moderate pitting on the body. The 4-1/2 to the left has some checking and damage to the handles, but is in decent shape otherwise. One or both will become my users. The Bedrock on the right is a 604C.
The drill pictured is a Goodell-Pratt 5-1/2 B. It needs three jaws and springs and has a minor chink out of the handle, but what do you want for $2. The hammer has one steel face and a replaceable brass or bronze face. I try to keep the hammer monkey at bay, but replaceable insert hammers for <$5 are hard to pass up and it had been used very little. The spokeshaves are a Record A151 and a Conover from Mentor, Ohio. The little wheel marking gauge is a Keen Kutter, but one of the cheek is cracked. The caliper is a Starrett No. 38, it locks completely and uses a ‘lock-joint’ for fine adjustment. Underneath the caliper are two diamond files.
Next is a Harvey Peace 16″ sash saw. The handle is rough at the moment but otherwise it’s a nice saw. It was the first Peace I’ve seen in the wild, luckily it was straight and therefore an easy buy.
I found this lightly-used Norton W-8 Washita stone, the largest size they offered. The stone has a lovely speckled coloring and is nearly flat on both sides.
Normally, I wouldn’t gloat about sandpaper. At a garage sale I picked up two 100 count boxes of 80 grit ‘air file’ strips. On a whim I had bought a 3-pack of these at a hardware store a while back. I found them very useful for flattening plane soles and hand grinding the initial bevel on edge tools. Each box was $2 and all of a dozen were missing. I’m basically set for next few years if I grind daily. Two 800 and one 600 wet-dry 8.5 x 11″ 50-packs were also in for sale cheap and I couldn’t pass them up.
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