Since before Christmas I have been avoiding the old tool venues. With the holidays the hours at work are short and so has been the paycheck. This past week I decided to splurge by stopping at the pawn shop. Then at a resell store on Friday. Could have gone overboard on a nice old vise, ($25), but instead stayed with the interesting hand tools. First I spotted these heavy chrome plated pliers, hard to read the tiny stamp but looks like: W. Hourth, Jamestown, NY. haven't pursued any history on them yet. Also grabbed an eight inch Diamalloy adjustable, with the green dipped handle. What is different about this is the logo, Extra Wide Opening, they do seem to open another 3/8 or so from other eight inchers, besides I always liked Diamlloy wrenches. Then I found a plain old pair of pliers that go too close to some John Deere paint, and a pair of thin-nosed pliers with Forged USA stamping. Bonney 2725b obstruction wrench, and an oddly thin PROTO double boxed, AN-8505-9, wonder what special use it was made for? Got the chisel for a dollar, still fairly thick. Bought an old box camera too, but thats another whole slippery slope. Spent a few bucks, a few more things to scrape the rust off of, now to find some place to put them! Felt good to throw some money away!
