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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: kxxr on January 24, 2015, 03:14:17 PM

Title: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: kxxr on January 24, 2015, 03:14:17 PM: One of the things I love about this 'hobby' of ours is just how far $10 will go on a good day ... in the right place at the right time. One man's treasure and all that. I was rooting through the junk boxes at a pawn shop when the counter guy came back and gave me a tupperware box to hold my stuff. He must have been in the giving spirit still, because he said I could fill it up for $10. I spent about 90 minutes and got it filled. I think he forgot I was back there; when I came out he seemed surprised to see me. He even asked me, "Did I tell you $10?" Sure did. I was afraid he was going to sort through everything and try to re-negotiate, but, a deal's a deal. He stuck to it and away I went. I think there are at least a few pieces that cover my $10 and my time. It was a great trip to the pawn shop for me!
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Somewhere there must be somebody that has a 99% restored thingamajig that just needs the handle to be complete. I wish I knew, 'cause here it is. It will end up as a coat or towel hanger once my wife gets ahold of it. That is a "Made in America", Millers Falls (I think) utility knife. The little silver keychain utility knife is a Great Neck USA.
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I hope this SpinTite nut driver is one I am missing... probably not though. A Craftsman =v= ratchet and my first Bonney refrigeration ratchet. I don't have a use for it, but everyone else has been getting them and I'll give it a good home for a while.
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It's always good to have more scrapers, punches, chisels and knives. I think the Dastra carving knife is an especially nice find. They often sell for over $30 if you can find one. I always grab the spark free tools when I see them and this Old Forge punch is a good one. The chisel 3rd from left has the cool old Vaughan Bushnell logo on it and the black handled one is Mephisto.
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Armstrong, Plomb, PowerKraft, NAPA, Thorsen, KD, SK, Easco/Japan, Fleet and Craftsman.
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I had to fill the bucket, sockets fit in the small spaces.
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I'd hate to pay retail for a nice Hyde scraper and they are really the only way to go for some jobs. Klein USA strippers and if anyone can tell me what special purpose the little vise is for? I can't guess. It appears to be made for something specific.
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This Vaco handle with the torx inserts might be my favorite of the lot. There were two of the roll puches, but I only found enough inserts and a handle to make one set.
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If I had given a dollar per piece, I count about $100. Not every trip goes like this but this was a good one. Whenever I'm asked where to get good tool deals, the pawn shop is always on the list! Oh, and I also got a nice tupperware box!
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: RedVise on January 24, 2015, 03:17:14 PM: Excellent!!!!!!! A good day like that makes up for the slow days, Enjoy the haul!!

Brian
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: Yadda on January 24, 2015, 03:18:12 PM: Great buy!
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: Papaw on January 24, 2015, 03:33:39 PM: I don't seem to find that kind of deal these days!
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: HeelSpur on January 24, 2015, 03:48:49 PM: What a deal, what size is the Bonney fridge ratchet?
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: bonneyman on January 24, 2015, 05:10:59 PM: Quote from: HeelSpur on January 24, 2015, 03:48:49 PM
What a deal, what size is the Bonney fridge ratchet?

Prolly 1/4" drive, as it has a packing gland removal socket on the end, and they only came in 1/4" drive.

Several Indestro sockets, a pack of Eklind metric allens, and an S-K TOOLS combo wrench in metric (not easy to find). Fantastic score!
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: turnnut on January 24, 2015, 05:34:16 PM: bring the tupperware box back in a few weeks, you might get the same deal all over again.

I can see your grin from here.
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: Nolatoolguy on January 24, 2015, 05:54:52 PM: 10 bucks for all that is a great deal. I have a similar pair of Klein wire strippers an they cost me 20 bucks.
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: jimwrench on January 24, 2015, 08:33:23 PM: A good deal was had by you.
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: OilyRascal on January 24, 2015, 10:40:32 PM: I spent over $10 last week for those Klien wire strippers :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: gibsontool on January 25, 2015, 09:25:14 AM: WOW Those kind of deals don't come bye too often. Good work
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: leach on January 25, 2015, 10:40:02 AM: $ 10 that's a great deal a person can not even go to McDonalds with $10. anymore.
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: dimwittedmoose51 on January 25, 2015, 10:56:44 AM: Worthy of a YOU SUCK!!!!! The last $10 I spent at a pawn shop was a good one, but not nearly as good as this!!!

DM&FS
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: kxxr on January 25, 2015, 03:15:20 PM: Yay!! A "you suck"!! Thanks!
The Bonney ratchet is 1/4 inch drive, as someone correctly stated.
I forgot to mention that I even got one of those little yellow round lawn sprinklers in the deal!!
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: keykeeper on January 25, 2015, 04:33:15 PM: I have a few odds/ends spintite nut drivers, I think, in the shed. Figure out what size you need for your set, if I have it, it's yours!
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: oldtools on January 26, 2015, 04:00:09 AM: Best deal of the year!! right place at the right time!!
Title: Re: Who says $10 won't go far these days? or "Look at all the Junk I got for $10"!
Post by: Aunt Phil on January 26, 2015, 08:49:32 PM: Write 10 buck box on the container with a sharpie.
Take it with you next time you go.
Put coffee in the box
Walk in, hand the coffee to the pawn guy and say I need a refill.

If he don't shoot you he might go for it when he stops laughing.

Those little round sprinklers are perfect for roof cooling, both in Summer heat and during brush & tree fires. There's a guy peddling the rainbird srinklers for $200 a copy to fire departments in brush fire areas.