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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Northwoods on January 21, 2020, 09:59:23 AM

Title: Well, it finally happened.
Post by: Northwoods on January 21, 2020, 09:59:23 AM

Last night I saw Mike and Frank buy some tools.  It never happens.  (Now, of course, someone will point out an instance that proves me wrong, but that's OK.)
The two pickers hit the attic of a defunct hardware store and bought four Mephisto Perfect Handle type screwdrivers.  Black plastic handles and bright (chrome?) blades.
I have seen Mephisto ball peen hammers and augur bits, but I can find no screwdrivers online that match the ones from last nite's show.  I see an ebay ad that shows screwdrivers, but not of this type.

Title: Re: Well, it finally happened.
Post by: leg17 on January 21, 2020, 10:15:59 AM

FINALLY.
They were pretty cool.  Never saw them before.

Title: Re: Well, it finally happened.
Post by: Lewill2 on January 21, 2020, 10:16:31 AM

I saw that too and thought the same thing. I don't recall ever seeing screw drivers like that before.

Title: Re: Well, it finally happened.
Post by: Papaw on January 21, 2020, 10:48:20 AM

I missed it. Haven't watched them much lately. Kinda gets ols seeing a barn full of neat stuff and they buy three or four "smalls".

Title: Re: Well, it finally happened.
Post by: coolford on January 21, 2020, 03:50:13 PM

I noticed the screwdrivers also, have never seen any like them.  I have a set of Mephisto auger bits and a couple of Mephisto crescent type wrenches.

Title: Re: Well, it finally happened.
Post by: Northwoods on January 21, 2020, 05:27:45 PM

Quote from: Papaw on January 21, 2020, 10:48:20 AM

I missed it. Haven't watched them much lately. Kinda gets ols seeing a barn full of neat stuff and they buy three or four "smalls".

Yes.  I get it with old cars, bikes, oil cans, cycles, and such.  But I lost interest after the first box of hinges.  And the little stuffed dolls?  No thanks.

Title: Re: Well, it finally happened.
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on January 25, 2020, 01:30:33 PM

I did a Google image search and found lotsa Mephisto tools on EBay and elsewhere.

Title: Re: Well, it finally happened.
Post by: leg17 on January 25, 2020, 07:10:59 PM

Quote from: johnsironsanctuary on January 25, 2020, 01:30:33 PM

I did a Google image search and found lotsa Mephisto tools on EBay and elsewhere.

I think the oddity was the Perfect Handle types with molded handles.