there are some repairs that do more damage than repair!  Some repairs are pretty cool thinking using common items "to get it going again"

Just curious, do farm repairs mean an automatic no-go to your tool collection? I don't mean an arc weld splatter repair done by a 8 year old with two car batteries and a wire coat hanger, but a well done repair that made the tool usable for another 50+ years. I've been finding more and more braze repaired tools and I'm starting to prefer these. Obviously not collectible or worth anything, but the imagined story behind the repair intrigues me. I have no doubt this teens-1920's 15 inch H.D.Smith monkey wrench will outlive me and continue to work flawlessly for another 100 years.

This was rusty & stuck. After some quality time in the molasses bath, then rinsed with water then sloshed around in a weak phosphoric acid bath to  stop the  flash rusting. I was about to put it in the  noname wrench drawer but I spied some lettering. About 2 minutes on the wire wheel it came out nice. Last pic is  after a spray of semi-gloss clear finish. Almost looks like new!   Anyone know what the  45 stamped in the lower jaw means?

Nice little Stanley Proto screwdriver. I like the keychain screwdrivers.

https://www.45spaces.com/vintage-wrenches/r.php?r=2155-us-via

Champion was a brand, not a company. I pissed a few people off when I questioned that, but then they tried to find proof of a Champion company and found I was right. Champion mowers and reapers were farmed out to several different companies for manufacturing. Whiteley was the first company to make them and also the patentee.