Old school local hardware store

[bonneyman]

Trying to get a job at this place. Musty cramped aisles full of older parts and supplies - my kind of place.

Above the front door are 4 displays full of vintage tools. they allowed me to take some pics. Enjoy!

[bonneyman]

Sorry my old fart camera doesn't do indoor close-ups well. But I tried.

[bonneyman]

I know some of you collectors will drooling over some of this stuff, but the owner assures me none of it is for sale. Just display purposes. I think it sets the ambiance up perfectly!

[Papaw]

For years I wanted a job at our local 85 year old local hardware store if the old guy who always helped anyone who came ever retired. You could walk in with an arm full of broken or worn out stuff and he would tell you what you needed and never tried to sell you things you didn't.
He died and the younger (60 or so ) helper took his place and is almost as good.
I did finally remind myself that after working in retail for years some time ago, that i didn't want to do it again.

[lptools]

Petty impressive display!!! Good luck with your job search, too. Regards, Lou

[Northwoods]

Say, that big old hand saw in the third picture down looks to have a metal handle and large, even teeth.  An ice saw?

[bonneyman]

I was in there the first time about 3 months ago. I asked the folks about the tools - they didn't seem to know much about them. I explained a few that I recognized, and was told they'd been there a long while. It might have been started by the previous owner or ancestor, and the knowledge has been lost.

But I figured you guys would love the things.

[p_toad]

we do.   thanks for sharing, and as was said; good luck with the job search.   hopefully something good will happen for you. 

[Plyerman]

Be nice to have a job at a hardware store (especially if they have an employee discount)

[mvwcnews]

There is a truism that book lovers cannot afford to work in a book store because they end up owing more than their earnings.  Might be the same thing could happen to hardware store employees.
The traps in my present place of employment are ready access to  50 cent "single serving" pecan pies -- I try to limit myself to one per coffee break  --  & the temptation to overbuy on half-price holiday theme candy the day after the holiday.  I have a refrigerator full of  holiday colored  peanut M&Ms,  holiday wrappered  Hershey miniatures,  etc. (you get the idea).  Those who attend a spring meeting of the MVWC in York may recall holiday theme wrappers on YORK peppermints -- bought at half price the day after the respective holiday  & stashed in that same refrigerator until the meeting.  (I forgot to put them out at the meeting this April but had them in a bowl at the auctioneer's desk during the auction & the bowl was empty at the end.)

[Northwoods]

There is a truism that book lovers cannot afford to work in a book store because they end up owing more than their earnings.  Might be the same thing could happen to hardware store employees.
The traps in my present place of employment are ready access to  50 cent "single serving" pecan pies -- I try to limit myself to one per coffee break  --  & the temptation to overbuy on half-price holiday theme candy the day after the holiday.  I have a refrigerator full of  holiday colored  peanut M&Ms,  holiday wrappered  Hershey miniatures,  etc. (you get the idea).  Those who attend a spring meeting of the MVWC in York may recall holiday theme wrappers on YORK peppermints -- bought at half price the day after the respective holiday  & stashed in that same refrigerator until the meeting.  (I forgot to put them out at the meeting this April but had them in a bowl at the auctioneer's desk during the auction & the bowl was empty at the end.)

Watch out for the Hershey's Kisses Cherry Cordials.  They will seduce you for sure.

[Bill Houghton]

Say, that big old hand saw in the third picture down looks to have a metal handle and large, even teeth.  An ice saw?

Could be an ice saw or a dock saw - dock saws being used for super-rough work cutting big timbers (yes, as in for docks).  I've got what I'm pretty sure is a dock saw, with big peg teeth; we don't get ice around here thick enough to cut with a saw.

The drawings of ice saws I've seen show a lot of tiller handles, designed so the sawyer could cut standing up; but I've never seen one in the steel.

[EVILDR235]

I have what appears to be the same saw. larger than a carpenters saw with large teeth. I believe the saw has 4 teeth per inch and a nickel or chrome plated cast iron handle. Several people who have seen it say it is a docking saw. As a teenager in the 1960's we had several old time hardware stores. They sold hardware by the pound and rope by the foot. Sold calcium carbide for minors lamps and dynamite that they kept in a plywood box by the front door where it could be removed quickly in case of a fire. They had traps of all kinds and pest control bombs {cherry bombs}. They sold ammo and firearms. M1 carbines for $79.00 plus tax. Many types and brands of tools. Many types of wire by the spool and fence chargers for livestock control. They also sold livestock feed and medicine for animals. They had some Army surplus stuff also. They sold white gas from a pump out front. Plumbing and electrical supplies also. As soon as Mr.Peabody repairs his wayback machine, we are going shopping. I hope they take my VISA card.

EvilDr235

[bonneyman]

Be nice to have a job at a hardware store (especially if they have an employee discount)

I worked at an Ace Hardware for a year and a half. I liked it. Discount was nice, too.
Hoping this place will see a spurt of sales this spring, and hire a few people.