Just started my tool collection take a look

[keykeeper]

I have almost a complete set of Vlchek WBE series combo wrenches. I also have been working on Vlchek double box end wrenches for a while. They just interest me. Will I ever make my money back on them...nope. Do I enjoy using them to complete tasks around the shop...you betcha!

Do/collect what makes YOU happy. Occasionally, as you gain knowledge, you will run onto tools that, when sold, will bring a great profit and allow you buy more of what you collect.

It's called the "Slippery Slope of tool collecting". It's why so many of us on here collect tools!

I once sold a .50 wrench for $105.00----anything is possible in this hobby if you apply yourself to learning about tools and what's popular and rare.

[bonneyman]

I, too, like Vlchek DBE's. They have the little * on them. Dead give-away for a Vlchek.   
As far as strength and durability for older wrenches, Williams Superrenches and Bonney Zenel are among the toughest.
Collect what you like. Your tastes will likely change over time. But the main goal is learning.

[vlchekman]

The lockable callipers are the best thing in this lot.  They look suspiciously like Starrett made them.

 

Yeah they are starrett. The Vlchek brand has always interested me because of there involvement in the automotive industry.   

[Branson]

Yeah they are starrett. The Vlchek brand has always interested me because of there involvement in the automotive industry.

It doesn't get much better than Starrett.  I probably paid too much for the lockable Starrett callipers I bought back in the '80s, but the seller wasn't the least embarrassed by asking $35, and I wasn't embarrassed to pay that much.

[vlchekman]

Yeah I got all but a few for a total of 3$ but i would have paid anything for them I am not looking for a profit im looking for the enjoyment of collecting. Dose any one know where you can Vlchek catalogs at? And how to determine If it is a unmarked Vlchek.   

[Branson]

Yeah I got all but a few for a total of 3$ but i would have paid anything for them I am not looking for a profit im looking for the enjoyment of collecting. Dose any one know where you can Vlchek catalogs at? And how to determine If it is a unmarked Vlchek.

Maybe a silly question, but have you looked at Alloy Artifacts?  The section on Vlchek begins here:

http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/vlchek-story.html

[Chillylulu]

The first 2 "I don't knows" look like anvil tools for a pritchel hole or for a vise hole. What is the diameter of the base shaft? I have a thing for hardie's and pritchel hole tools. 

The week before last I bought a flat of stuff because I saw a vise with what looked like a pritchel hole tool. My son was helping unload everything into the garage & I told him the only tools I wanted to bring in were the vise, what looked like a large tap handle with 2 holders, and the box with 8 vintage woodwork planes in it. He brought the vise in, I grabbed the tool out of its hole & told him I didnt care about the rest of the vise for now. He made a face, but I am not sure if it was because I was rude for making him carry the vise an extra 50 ft, or if he was scheming on the vise that I hardly looked st. Probably both. The tool was too big for the pritchel hole on my little 35 lb anvil.

Alternatively they could be punches or alignment for some other tool. I'd try a small file on it to see how hard it is.