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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: jimwrench on September 08, 2011, 03:56:44 PM
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How do people keep their wrenchs so nice ? Saw this at auction today and knew it had to be coming home with me. The roll is in good shape and only one wrench had a spot of rust on it. Haven't tried to find age yet but wasn't made yesterday. Don't think it has been used much if at all and all wrenchs from 1/4 to 1 1/16 are present.
A Happy Camper
Bonus is price was right for cheap charlie ( under $10)
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Under $10?!
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c180/lbgradwell/YouSuck.gif)
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Holy cats they are nice, pretty sure I know how they keep them so nice, they don't use them.
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Man, you're killing me! $10? WOW!
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Might be the newest You Suck Award winner!
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Excellent Looking Roll of Beauties Jim! As you know, the first thing to go south is the roll itself, and this one looks in great shape! Nice Find Indeed!
Wayne
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Jim are they the select steel?
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lucky dawg!!
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Jim are they the select steel?
no they were stolen bob w,
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How do people keep their wrenchs so nice ?
It's very easy; don't use them.
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Yes Fins they are select steel. Actual cost was $9 but it wasn't all bargains at this auction. I had to pay $4 for the Stanley 100 miter vise at this auction but they did throw in a old vise with the miter vise. Actually they coudn't get a bid on the regular vise and threw the Stanley in to get a bid. Kind of an end of sale item. The standard vise is a Shepard which I haven't seen before. Looks like it had an anvil end on back which is broken off,but vise works fine. I think grinding the fracture face smooth and a coat of implement enamel will give me a good working outdoor vise. Anyone have any info or photo on Shepard vise;would like to know what broke off.
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Shepard is listed as a brand name for Prentiss Vise co, NY
Date range is wide, continues after aquisition by Union in the 60's...
Possibly as far back as 1912 or before...
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Thanks Rusty Found P.V. Co. when I did a little cleaning. Now I wish it was in better shape. Its 4 inch Prentiss vice co.
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I had to pay $4 for the Stanley 100 miter vise at this auction but they did throw in a old vise with the miter vise
Grumble. $4 for a Stanley 100? Complete? I'd snap that one up in a hot New York second! It would make my day, just to have one with a base!
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Jim is feeding us a big line of hooey here. He got thsoe wrenches for $9 because he convinced the auctioneer that Indestro was Japanese for "devil sticks" and that pretty much stopped any further bidding above the $9 level. Great Find BTW.
DM&FS
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Isn't that what Indestro stands for ? By the way Prentiss evidently used name of some of its inventors as model numbers hence (Shepard). Anyone know what patent he held ? Didn't find anything in my amateurish search but would like to see his patent.
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Am I the only one that noticed that the blacksmith logo is very similar to the early plomb blackmith logo?
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