Tool Box and Favorite Tools

[jpaz]

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TOOL BOX AND ADDITIONAL FAVORITE HAND TOOLS

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Most of my tools were, and are, of 1920s and 1930s vintage, being the favorite ones I used during my employment in the woodworking trade (1947-1950), later as a woodworking hobbyist and that I still use for home maintenance projects.

During my apprenticeship, senior craftsmen had their own permanently assigned benches and work areas where they stored and maintained their tools in accordance with their personal tastes. Apprentices were itinerents - constantantly being re-assigned to different senior craftsmen for varying periods of time - and therefor used tool boxes to store their tools which they could park on the bench of the senior craftsman to whom they were currently assigned.


Three drawer tool box with lid well.

LID WELL


    Stanley Bailey No. 4 bench plane
    Stanley No. 60½ low angle block plane
    Millers Falls No. 94 hand drill
    Millers Falls No. 33 (8" sweep) bit brace
    Edward Preston & Sons No. 1391 flat face spokeshave

TOP DRAWER


    Stanley No. 161 butt chisel
    William Marples & Sons boxwood handle 'Shamrock Brand' sash mortise chisel
    William Marples & Sons boxwood handle 'Shamrock Brand' firmer chisels (2)
    Stanley No. 720 firmer chisel
    Stanley No. R40 butt chisel
    Stanley No. 750 butt chisels (2)

MIDDLE DRAWER


    Stanley No. 6 rosewood/brass bevel
    Stanley No. 22 combination square
    Stanley No. 62 fully brass bound boxwood folding rule
    Marples No. 2154 mortice marking gauge
    Stanley No. 61 beech wood marking gauge

Craftsman's alternate middle drawer


    Starrett No. 492 bevel protractor - 12" 4R rule (circa. mid 1950s)
    Starrett No. 492 bevel protractor - center head (circa. mid 1950s)
    Starrett No. 451 36" folding steel rule (circa. mid 1920s)
    Starrett No. 11H 6" satin chrome combination square (circa. mid 1960s)
    Starrett No. 275/73/83 outside/inside calipers & dividers (circa. 1960s)
    Starrett No. 493 Protractor with depth gauge (circa. late 1920s)
    Starrett No. 70 scribe (circa. mid 1920s)
    Starrett No. 29 scratch gage (circa. 1900)
    Starrett No. 425 5" pocket slide caliper (circa. mid 1930s)
    Starrett No. 14 double steel square plus narrow & bevel blades (circa. early 1930s)
    Starrett No. 20 6" master precision square (circa. mid 1930s)

BOTTOM DRAWER


    William Marples & Sons No. 7715 4" mallett
    Stanley 7 oz claw nail hammer
    Stanley No. 11¾ nail set
    Stanley Atha ½" cold chisel
    Atha 13 oz claw nail hammer
    North Bros. "YANKEE" No. 30 medium pattern spiral ratchet screw driver
    North Bros. "YANKEE" No. 131 heavy pattern spiral ratchet quick return screw driver

Saws not in tool box (hanging on adjacent wall)


    Disston D-8 cross-cut hand saw


    Disston No. 4 (8" blade) tenon/dovetail back saw

ADDITIONAL FAVORITE HAND TOOLS


North Bros. Mfg. Co. "YANKEE" No. 1431 hand drill


North Bros. Mfg. Co. "YANKEE" No. 2100 bit brace


North Bros. Mfg. Co. "YANKEE" NO. 1555 breast drill


North Bros. Mfg. Co. "YANKEE" No. 991 vice


Record No. 5 Jack plane


Stanley No. 203 block plane


Rabone 3ft four-fold boxwood "Blindman's" rule.


No. 3111 Edward Preston & Sons 2ft four-fold boxwood rule


Lufkin 12 inch two-fold boxwood rule with caliper slide


James Chesterman Co. No. 891 12" three-fold steel rule


Lufkin No. 1176 series 72" folding steel rule


Stanley No. 50½ (16oz.) nail hammer


Stanley "100 plus" 16oz. nail hammer


Robt. Sorby "Kangaroo brand" sash mortice chisels

James 

[oldtools]

Nice set of tools...

[Chillylulu]

Beautiful collection!

Picks (found, dug out) by you or bought from resellers?  How long have you been working on that collection?

Again, spectacular examples.

Chilly

[jpaz]

Beautiful collection!

Picks (found, dug out) by you or bought frlm resellers?  How long have you been working on that collection?

Again, spectacular examples.

Chilly

Mostly found here and there.  I am not a tool collector Chilly - the tools I depict here represent typical ones that I have owned and used during my lifetime. They are in the same general condition as the ones I used when I worked in the woodworking trade in the post WW2 1940s.

I do love vintage woodworking hand tools. For me there is a lot of  satisfaction in owning and using tools that still function well after the passage of many years. I greatly admire the patina that well cared for old tools acquire - wood and metal surfaces that have grown lovely through long time handling and use.

James

[john k]

What I see here are top quality tools, regardless of era, painstakingly cared for.   I can duplicate a portion of what I see here but nowhere near the same condition.  Or near as sharp  I am betting.   Yankee, Millers Falls, Starrett and Marples, difficult to top these.  Thank you for sharing.

[Twilight Fenrir]

That was really a lovely post. I like the bit of background, and the care and condition of your set is impeccable.

Thank you for sharing!

[jpaz]

What I see here are top quality tools, regardless of era, painstakingly cared for.   I can duplicate a portion of what I see here but nowhere near the same condition.  Or near as sharp  I am betting.   Yankee, Millers Falls, Starrett and Marples, difficult to top these.  Thank you for sharing.

Thank you John.

James

[jpaz]

That was really a lovely post. I like the bit of background, and the care and condition of your set is impeccable.

Thank you for sharing!

Thank you TF - you are most welcome.

James