Ok so I lied, I was the one that looked like Uncle Fester but it was very nice meeting Mike, he is very personable and was a real pleasure to speak with.
I made a video of his set-up and some of the things to be seen at this show but I have to wait for my wife to make it on0line to you-tube.
Walked out with some goodies myself
These were on the dollar 2 dollar table, nice ball pein, lighter weight than what I have now, seemed like a nice hammer, the wire brush intrigued me cause it reminded me of a shoe brush, not sure what its original purpose would have been, ice pick with a store name on it, havent had the time to clean it yet to read it but I am hoping it is an advertising giveway for Dodge Brothers Corp :), a very sexy handled screwdriver, cant turn these down for 1.00 and some sort of flexible tool with various bits in the handle, assuming maybe carb/automotive work...at a dollar I did not care.
Next I picked up this tool box ( about a foot in height and maybe 8-10 deep )
manufactured by Union Steel Chest Corp. Leroy NY, know nothing about, not in great shape but I have seen alot worse, make a long story short I walked up to it and read the tag, said 25.00 tool included, opened it and it was full of tools, could see right away alot of junk but also quite a few keepers, I assumed he put the decimal in the wrong place and was an idiot overpricing something at 250.00.
I asked him whats his best price thinking he would say 200 and I would say...you know it says 25.00 dont you.
Nope he says 20.00, I couldnt do it, I had to tell him that it was too cheap and I would feel guilty not saying something, he said it was no problem, stuff he no longer needed.
Didnt have to tell me twice, I paid him and scooted 80 pds of tools away.
Some Snap-on ( very few ) some Napa, a nice SK stubby screwdriver, a bunch of Armstrong wrenches ( are they any good or junk? ) Armstrong ratchet 1/2 drive, seems crude in action. Stanley 50 piece ( approx ) socket set missing a few sockets ( 3 maybe ) pliers, 4 tape measures of various sizes, 3 high quality magnetic pick-up tools ( havent looked that hard for manuf. mark, nice telescoping mirror, some decent hammers and one junk brand hammer.......lots of misc screwdrivers, mostly junk....list can go on......also a hatchet, seems decent quality never removed from its leather protector.
Next maybe Im crazy but I cant turn away anything cool, he was asking 65 ( which I thought was cheap ) but I bought for 50.
When the last time you saw a fire extinguisher in its original wall case ?
Stands over 3 feet tall, I do believe they go together cause the bottom of the case is worn with an imprint that matches the extinguisher.
Just too cool
Last time the extinguisher was inspected was 1971 ( I think sitting here ) 71 or 74. I dont have the time but I plan to learn what I can about this particular extinguisher manufacturer. If anyone can tell me something than that would be helpful.
