Tool Talk
Welcome Forum => Welcome Board and Introductions => Topic started by: rustyfordgarage on February 27, 2017, 10:35:38 PM
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So my name is Adam and I guess I have been collecting old tools for a few years now. I spent too many years buying new stuff and got tired of the prices going up and the quality down. After cleaning up a pair or two of diamalloy fence pliers that I found with the disc or cultivator and realizing they worked better than anything I could buy currently, I was hooked. I guess fencing tools are at the top of the list of things I have a hard time passing up for that reason. Most other kinds of pliers and saw sets are a close second. I am also finding myself getting in to machining and all the variety of measuring tools that go with it.
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Yes it is a slippery slope, welcome aboard. Don't forget we love to see pictures of your finds and favorites.
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welcome to tool talk.
yes, it takes some of us time to admit or realize that we are official collectors.
I hope that you enjoy this site.
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Here are the tools I happened to have handy to photograph. The smaller group of saw sets is what had accumulated previously. The larger group with the filing tools I got a very good deal on at a tool collectors estate sale. Everyone else was quite a bit more interested in his extensive collection of hand planes. I believe it was the Verne Vollrath estate
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Hi, and a warm welcome from Florida. You may already be aware of the site for saw set collectors, but if not I posted the link below. I've found it quite helpful.
http://members.acmenet.net/~con12a/
Mike
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I have spent a fair amount of time looking on there. Thanks
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Greetings Adam. In my neverending quest for strange old pliers, I'm regularly amazed at the variety of old saw sets I run into.