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Millers Falls Hand Vise
  • Millers Falls Hand Vise
    This is the first one I have seen with the clamp to attach to a table or bench.
    The rosewood handle comes with all of the original attachments, including the washer cutter. 90% nickel plating, G++ .......... $225.00

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  • Disston No. 68 Dovetail Saw
  • Disston No. 68 Dovetail Saw
    A 6 inch saw with brass-plated back, and turned beech handle. The Disston logo is etched on the blade.
    It has its original box, which held two saws. The box is very nice and has the year 1928 stamped inside of the lid. Fine+ ......... $175.00
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  • Small Dovetail Saw
  • Small Dovetail Saw
    It has a logo stamped near the front - between the first two nuts, that seems to be a butterfly, with squiggly lines with arrows on the ends radiating to each side.
    It has more teeth than I can count, Fine+ ......... $65.00

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  • Bronze Chariot Plane
  • Bronze Chariot Plane
    A beautifully-made chariot plane. Very well-designed, probably British.
    The body is four inches long and 1 3/4 inchs wide. Rosewood wedge. Very tight mouth in the applied steel sole, that has some rust from storage.
    Great patina, Fine ......... $225.00

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  • Hand-Forged Food Chopper
  • Hand-Forged Food Chopper
    An early one with nice form. One side of the blade may have been chipped - there are some seams where the blacksmith moved the metal around, but it looks great, G .......... $40.00
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  • Walker's Patent Marking Gauge
  • Walker's Patent Marking Gauge
    Patented March 15,1887 by Edwin Walker. This one is unmarked, which is the case with the very few that exist, but is identical to the patent drawing and known advertisements.
    Walker, from Erie, Pennsylvania, is known in the antique tool world mostly for his patented plow plane, which has a body that is a series of vertical plates which adjust to conform to the profile of the cutter.
    Most of the nickel plating remains, but it is dull. A very rare gauge, G++ .......... Sold $795.00

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  • Buck Brothers Carving Tool Set
  • Buck Brothers Carving Tool Set
    From the Riverlin Works, Millbury, Mass. A very high-quality American maker. Twelve cast steel carving tools with straw finish, in their original box with a great label.

    Some minor patina from about 100 years of storage, Fine ..................... $295.00

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  • Whitney's Patent Hand Drill
  • Whitney's Patent Hand Drill
    Patented May 4, 1880. A tool with classic Victorian design and painted with red and gold pinstriping. It was sold by Tower & Lyon.
    This drill, in this condition and in the original box is a top-shelf tool, Fine .......... $895.00

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  • Fire Fly Chain-Driven Grinder
  • Fire Fly Chain-Driven Grinder
    Made by Luther Grinder Mfg. Co., this is someones "great idea" that was brought to the marketplace.
    Eleven inches high, not including the handle. Four gears and a chain transfer a hand cranking into enough speed to run the grinding stone, G++ .......... $95.00

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  • Jeweler's Anvil
    This double-horned jeweler's anvil was made by Gyros Products Co., Germany. It has japanned sides and a polished top. 4 1/4 inches long, G++ .......... $65.00
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  • Quick-adjusting Clamp
    Not marked except for 4IN.
    The shaft is loose to slide up against the piece to be clamped, then, by twisting the thumbscrew, it engages a threaded collar that tightens it.
    A great idea, probably from the late 1800s, G .......... $40.00

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  • Bull Dog Nail Puller
    Pat'd Aug 16, (18)92 and Mar 1, (18)98 cast on the handle. This is a heavy-duty nail puller made by L. F. Grammes & Sons, Allentown, PA. The nail is caught by banging down the handle, as usual. But this one has a compound-action; push the handle side-ways, and the nail is pulled straight out. It helps keep the board from getting too chewed up, G+ .......... $95.00
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  • Stanley No. 710 Vise
    Stanley No. 710 Vise, in orange and black paint. It's useful to have one that swivels on it's base, which lets you work from different angles. It has 2 1/2 inch jaws, and is ready to go to work G+ ........ $55.00
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  • Holmes Patent Tobacco Cutter
  • Holmes Patent Tobacco Cutter
    A cast iron tool with E. Holmes Patent, June 26, 1866 cast in the base.
    This is another tool patented by Elijah Holmes, Lynn, Mass who also patented a spokeshave on Jan 1, 1856 - See PTAMPIA II, p. 192 based on this patent; and a vegetable cutter and a peg cutter, G+ .......... $95.00

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  • MWA Aluminum Axes
    Modern Woodsmen of America was a fraternal organization. Here are two ceremonial axes with aluminum heads that are embossed with the MWA logo. G++. ......... $60.00
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  • Stone Cutter's Chisels
    Six assorted chisels used to carve sand stone in Ohio, G .......... $75.00
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