05/31/2026
Pickings have been pretty bleak around here for the past week or so, but the Sunday of May proved to be pretty solid. In the first picture, there is a Phoenix Company (1850 - 1865) screw arm plow plane in fairly good shape, an early Stanley No. 19 that somebody did a 1/2 arse cleaning job on, a big H. Chapin Union Factory with the Made For Jacob Shannon mark (Phila hardware dealer 1870 to 1874), an early L S Starrett No. 446 micrometer depth gage with the 1897 and 1903 patent dates and the original case, a Stanley SW No. 64 spoke shave, a George Barnsley No. cobbler's lasting pliers, a signed Stanley No. 77 mortising gage in good shape, expect for need the small brass shoe under the locking screw, a tanged chisel handle, an unmarked Sculpture Assocs V-gouge carving tool, a nice looking German Perfect Handle style screwdriver, a newer (no model number on the ferrule) 3/4" Stanley No. 720 chisel, a 3/4 Buck Bros cast steel paring chisel, a Dunlap chisel (came along for the ride with the other two), and an usual file that is toothed on the sides and is concave with a nice looking handle. In the second picture, there is an I Christ hand forged sickle, a 3/4" blacksmith drift punch, a hand forged hammer with a patterned face, either for stone, ice or meat, take yer pick), and from a quick stop at a yard sale that a friend of mine had on Saturday, an early touch marked draw knife, and round knife for leather work, both of which have been cleaned. Not too for a day's work.
