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.
Yes it is a slippery slope, welcome aboard. Don't forget we love to see pictures of your finds and favorites.
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.
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
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
I have spent a fair amount of time looking on there. Thanks
Greetings Adam. In my neverending quest for strange old pliers, I'm regularly amazed at the variety of old saw sets I run into.