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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: lptools on March 19, 2024, 11:27:56 AM

Title: Memphis Barn Sale
Post by: lptools on March 19, 2024, 11:27:56 AM
From the Memphis Barn Sale that amecks gave me a heads up about!!  Thanks Al!!
Title: Re: Memphis Barn Sale
Post by: skipskip on March 19, 2024, 01:28:03 PM
cuckoo clock weights,  HA!!
Title: Re: Memphis Barn Sale
Post by: Bill Houghton on March 19, 2024, 02:18:27 PM
quite the mixed bag.
Title: Re: Memphis Barn Sale
Post by: lptools on March 19, 2024, 04:07:02 PM
Hello, Bill. Those sales are always fun , A-Z in large quantities!
Title: Re: Memphis Barn Sale
Post by: lptools on March 19, 2024, 04:09:25 PM
Hello, Skip. I buy the clock weights if they are cheap, and will pair them up for sale with the couple that I already have!
Title: Re: Memphis Barn Sale
Post by: Yadda on March 19, 2024, 06:58:35 PM
Eclectic selection.  Neat buys!
Title: Re: Memphis Barn Sale
Post by: amecks on March 20, 2024, 04:51:38 AM
Glad you found some goodies, Lou.  What is the cool pistol grip tool - how is it used?  A marking gauge?  But what for, how, and why?  Who made it?
Title: Re: Memphis Barn Sale
Post by: lptools on March 20, 2024, 08:12:40 AM
Hello, Al . It is a Draw Gauge for cutting leather strips , from shoelace width , up to 4" wide strips. It is unmarked, but looks like it was made by C S Osborne.  I have seen these in all steel , and steel  with a wood handle . This is the first one I have come across that has a brass frame with wood handles. As the name suggests, it is drawn toward you to slit the leather. The tool is sometimes referred to as a Slitter.
Title: Re: Memphis Barn Sale
Post by: amecks on March 20, 2024, 01:17:06 PM
Nice tool!