Tool Talk
Farm and Implement Wrenches and Tools => Farm Implement Wrenches and Tools => Topic started by: jimwrench on October 22, 2011, 01:13:43 PM
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This morning at garage sale found this little beauty. IHC 1/4 drive ratchet part no. 999311R1 Not in Gils list. Price was 25 cents and I coudn't turn it down.
Got a couple of other rats Mac and SK but they were 50 cents each. Total bill was 2.25 but I haggled it down to $3.
Oh yeah there was a Duro ratcheting box wrench included.
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Jim,
That IHC ratchet is a nice find.
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Gil offered to double my money but he had his tongue in his cheek when he offered. Where did that tongue in cheek expression come from?
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Putting on my lexicologist's hat-
The ironic usage originates with the idea of suppressed mirth — biting one's tongue to prevent an outburst of laughter.
Nick Marshallsay (2005), The body language phrasebook, Collins & Brown, ISBN 9781843403043
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>Total bill was 2.25 but I haggled it down to $3.
Ehhh.....lol
Are yopu collecting the later chrome IHC stuff? I see it once in a while, was wondering if there is any collector interest in it....
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Yes I'll collect any IHC wrenchs including newer ones. Overheard someone say they were doing better selling newer IHC wrenchs at recent MVWC meet.
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These IHC wrenches sold for $700 on ebay today and even came with a free Farmall pedal tractor! Ebay item 200674647270
(http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn48/kxxr/tools/IHwrenches.jpg)
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Oooooh! Was the Dunlap ratcheting box 5/8 x 3/4? I need that one to complete my set.
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Bonneyman, will check don't remember and don't know where it is offhand.
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Nice haggling